The queen's gambit
Title
:
The queen's gambit
Personal Author EPSB
:
Walter S., Tevis
Summary
:
Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. 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.
Year Published
:
2020,
1983
Physical Description
:
243 pages ; 21 cm
Note
:
"A Netflix original series"--Cover.
Subject
:
Women chess players -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Psychological fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Summary
:
Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. 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.
ISBN
:
9781400030606
9780593314654
9780141190389
Publisher
:
New York : Vintage Books, 2020.
©1983
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Edmonton Christian High | FIC TEV | Book | 30905000120208 | Fiction |