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01787aam a22002775a 4500 001 1424F310362211EC96E83EC236ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211026010052 008 211001s2021 |||| ||| |||||||eng|| 020 $a 0063141930 020 $a 9780063141933 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Saab, Gabriella, 245 14 $a The last checkmate : $b a novel $c Gabriella Saab. 260 $a New York : $b William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPulishers, $c 2021. 300 $a 392 pages ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a Maria is many things: daughter, avid chess player, and member of the Polish underground resistance in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Captured by the Gestapo she is imprisoned in Auschwitz, while her family is sent to their deaths. Realizing her ability to play chess, the sadistic camp deputy, Fritzsch, intends to use her as a chess opponent to entertain the camp guards. However, once he tires of utilizing her skills, he has every intention of killing her. Befriended by a Catholic priest, Maria attempts to overcome her grief and see the value in survival. Literally playing for her life through four grueling years, her strategy is simple: Live. Fight. Survive. By cleverly provoking Fritzschs volatile nature in front of his superiors, Maria intends to orchestrate his downfall. Only then will she have a chance to evade the fate awaiting her and see him brought to justice. 650 $a Political prisoners $v Fiction. 650 $a Auschwitz (Concentration camp) $v Fiction. 650 $a Chess $v Fiction. 941 $a 4 952 $l VOPB384 $d 20220329023204.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20211102013526.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20211102011732.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20211026010258.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1424F310362211EC96E83EC236ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search