The Queen's Gambit: Now a Major Netflix Drama

di Walter Tevis (Autore)

Orion Publishing Co, 2016

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES starring Anya Taylor-Joy from Academy-Award nominee Scott Frank and BAFTA nominee Allan Scott '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 'Don't pick this up if you want a night's sleep' Scotsman 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. 'Few novelists have written about genius - and addiction - as acutely as Walter Tevis' The Telegraph

• Autore: Walter Tevis
• Editore: Orion Publishing Co
• Collana: W&N Essentials
• Anno: 2016
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 256 p.
• Dimensioni: 198 x 132 mm
• Peso: 229 gr.
• EAN: 9781474600842

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