A classic of Holocaust literature from "one of the great masters of the short novel "The New Yorker In the Vilna Ghetto during World War II, Nazi Commandant Schoger demands that all children be sent to the death camp When Abraham Lipman pleads with him to spare their lives, Schoger reconsiders, and tells Lipman there will be a chess match одсюф between himself and Lipman's only surviving son, Isaac, a chess prodigy If Isaac wins, the children will live, but Isaac will die If Isaac loses, the children will die, but Isaac will live Only a draw will save the ghetto from this terrible predicament The chess game begins: a nightmarish contest played over the course of several evenings, witnessed by an audience impotent to act, staking the lives of their children on a stalemate This is a moving story of a father and a son who shame their cruel perpetrator with their dignity, spirit, and extraordinary courage Stalemate speaks to the power of humor even under the direst circumstances As a parable that gives voice to the unspeakable, Stalemate is an antidote to despair.  От издателя2005 г Мягкая обложка, 176 стр ISBN 1590511565.