The Queen's Gambit
"One of my favourite novels" Lionel Shriver
THE NOVEL BEHIND THE MAJOR GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING NETFLIX SERIES STARRING ANYA TAYLOR-JOY'Superb' Time Out'Mesmerizing' Newsweek'Gripping' Financial Times'Sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it' Michael Ondaatje When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings: playing chess with the janitor and taking the little green pills given to the children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is an unusual talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting . . . 'Don't pick this up if you want a night's sleep'¿ Scotsman 'Few novelists have written about genius - and addiction - as acutely as Walter Tevis'¿ Telegraph Readers are raving:'This book is so gripping ... it's absolutely riveting' ¿¿¿¿¿'A story that just sucks you in' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'I have read this book so many times ... my favourite book of all time' ¿¿¿¿¿'Tevis has a great ability to create fragile, flawed but intensely relatable characters' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Absolutely thrilling read, beautifully written ... Every moment I wasn't reading it I wanted to be reading it again' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'What a unique story and heroine. A fantastic read' ¿¿¿¿¿
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THE NOVEL BEHIND THE MAJOR GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING NETFLIX SERIES STARRING ANYA TAYLOR-JOY
'Superb' Time Out
'Mesmerizing' Newsweek
'Gripping' Financial Times
'Sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it' Michael Ondaatje When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings: playing chess with the janitor and taking the little green pills given to the children to keep them subdued.
Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is an unusual talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting . . . 'Don't pick this up if you want a night's sleep'¿ Scotsman 'Few novelists have written about genius - and addiction - as acutely as Walter Tevis'¿ Telegraph Readers are raving:
'This book is so gripping ... it's absolutely riveting' ¿¿¿¿¿'A story that just sucks you in' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'I have read this book so many times ... my favourite book of all time' ¿¿¿¿¿'Tevis has a great ability to create fragile, flawed but intensely relatable characters' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Absolutely thrilling read, beautifully written ... Every moment I wasn't reading it I wanted to be reading it again' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'What a unique story and heroine. A fantastic read' ¿¿¿¿¿
'Superb' Time Out
'Mesmerizing' Newsweek
'Gripping' Financial Times
'Sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it' Michael Ondaatje When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings: playing chess with the janitor and taking the little green pills given to the children to keep them subdued.
Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is an unusual talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting . . . 'Don't pick this up if you want a night's sleep'¿ Scotsman 'Few novelists have written about genius - and addiction - as acutely as Walter Tevis'¿ Telegraph Readers are raving:
'This book is so gripping ... it's absolutely riveting' ¿¿¿¿¿'A story that just sucks you in' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'I have read this book so many times ... my favourite book of all time' ¿¿¿¿¿'Tevis has a great ability to create fragile, flawed but intensely relatable characters' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'Absolutely thrilling read, beautifully written ... Every moment I wasn't reading it I wanted to be reading it again' ¿¿¿¿¿ 'What a unique story and heroine. A fantastic read' ¿¿¿¿¿
Untertitel
"One of my favourite novels" Lionel Shriver
H | B | T | Gramm
195 mm | 128 mm | 21 mm | 235 gr
Erscheinungsjahr
2016
FSK
0
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Orion Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1474600840
ISBN-13
9781474600842
Autor
Walter Tevis
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
243
Themen
Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, Psychothriller, Fiktion: Inspiriert oder adaptiert von anderen Medien
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