The queen's gambit /
Tevis, Walter S.
The queen's gambit / Walter Tevis. - London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020. - 243 p.
Reprint. Originally published: Random House, 1983.
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.
9781474622578 1474622577
The queen's gambit / Walter Tevis. - London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020. - 243 p.
Reprint. Originally published: Random House, 1983.
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.
9781474622578 1474622577