The Queen's Gambit

Autor*innen

• Walter Tevis

Parameter

• Belletristik
• Frankreich
• Gegenwartsliteratur
• Historische Romane
• Sachliteratur

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When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings, albeit fleetingly: playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But she can never quite overcome her urge to self-destruct. For Beth, there’s more at stake than merely winning and losing.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003