I picked up Walter Tevis's novel "The Queen's Gambit," from 1983, at Skylight Books, in Los Angeles, sometime around 2002.It was a staff pick, and the blurb on the blue index card taped ...
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Tevis once pegged himself as "a good American writer of the second rank.". But Allan Scott, the screenwriter who first optioned "The Queen's Gambit" in the 1980s, disagrees. Mr. Scott co ...
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The Queen's Gambit (novel)
The Queen's Gambit is a 1983 American novel by Walter Tevis, exploring the life of fictional female chess prodigy Beth Harmon.A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, it covers themes of adoption, feminism, chess, drug addiction and alcoholism.The book was adapted for the 2020 Netflix miniseries of the same name.
The Queen's Gambit
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 16, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get ...
'The Queen's Gambit' interview with author Walter Tevis : NPR
Noah Adams speaks with author Walter Tevis about his novel The Queen's Gambit. Tevis tells the story of orphan Beth Harmon, her struggle with addiction and her triumph as a female chess prodigy.
The Queen's Gambit: A Novel: Tevis, Walter: 9781400030606: Amazon.com
Walter Tevis. Follow. The Queen's Gambit: A Novel Paperback - March 11, 2003. by Walter Tevis (Author) 4.7 23,149 ratings. See all formats and editions. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four.
Amazon.com: Customer reviews: The Queen's Gambit: A Novel
Of course I came to *Queen's Gambit* the novel after watching the Netflix miniseries, which I really enjoyed, but what really made me read the book was an article by Sarah Miller in The New Yorker in which she really praises it as her "platonic ideal of a novel" (Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient is said to re-read it "for the pure pleasure and skill of it.")
The Queen's Gambit review: an intoxicating thriller
The Queen's Gambit is an intoxicating chess thriller. Anya Taylor-Joy's alcoholic chess prodigy puts herself to the test in Scott Frank's enthralling new Netflix series that proves again that the novels of Walter Tevis are fertile ground for adaptation. 6 November 2020. The Queen's Gambit (2020)
The Queen's Gambit: A Novel by Walter Tevis
The Queen's Gambit, set in the 1950s/early 1960s, is the story of Beth Harmon, a fictional character who is a chess genius. When the story opens, she is 8 years old and has just been delivered to an orphanage in Kentucky. Her parents are dead and we learn nothing more about them or Beth's past. A handful of characters are introduced at the ...
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis, Paperback
The Queen's Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years—for the pure pleasure and skill of it." —Michael Ondaatje "Compelling. . . . A magnificent obsession." —Los Angeles Times "Beth Harmon is an unforgettable creation—and The Queen's Gambit is Walter Tevis's most consummate and heartbreaking work ...
Book Review: The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
Book Review: The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis. Goodreads Overview: 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.
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The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis. I first watched the series like probably most of the people did. I was amazed by the actors and cinematography. So I thought why not try the original book. As expected the series wasn't completely accurate. The first thing that I couldn't help but notice was that Beth isn't redheaded.
Ryan R. Campbell
As The Queen's Gambit novel goes, Tevis presents a truly harrowing tale, one whose prose matches the feel of the game around which its protagonist's story centers: chess. Written in a straightforward fashion—but with a soft touch when required—The Queen's Gambit has readers rooting for its protagonist from the novel's earliest pages.
The Queen's Gambit Book Review ~ Chess Moves that Moved Me
The Queen's Gambit. . A n orphaned girl glows up to become a shark in the world of chess shocking men around the globe. This book takes place in the 1950s when women are still considered intellectually subpar. Beth is both young and female as well as battling an addiction which started at the jarring age of nine.
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis: A Book Review and Series
Today Kim is going to bring you a book review and Netflix series comparison to Walter Tevis' novel The Queen's Gambit: The Queen's Gamit. Author: Walter Tevis. Published: March 11, 2003. 243 Pages. Reviewed By: Kim. Kim's Rating: 5 stars. Book Description: When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers ...
Book Review: The Queen's Gambit
Book Review: The Queen's Gambit. Published on April 23, 2019 April 11, 2019 by forthesakeofreadingya. When the Quint Confederacy and the Kos Empire went to war—again—young Queen Samara wisely kept her Rogue Coalition out of the conflict. But staying neutral in a galactic war doesn't pay the bills, not when both sides refuse to trade ...
The Queen's Gambit Reviews, Discussion Questions and Links
Characters: 60. Amazon rating: 4 1/2 stars. Genre: Fiction. BOOK COMPANION Editor Gerry Andeen Discusses The Queen's Gambit. This is a story about finding out things as you grow up. We begin with Beth Harmon in an orphanage. She is a bright child and gets to clap the erasers in the basement where she sees the janitor with his attention on a ...
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
Synopsis. A piercing character study filled with breath-taking suspense, Tevis's psychological thriller about an orphan who becomes a child prodigy at chess cuts deep into the experience of obsession, addiction and trauma. Now a major Netflix series. When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to ...
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The Queen's Gambit
by Walter Tevis (Author), Amy Landon (Reader) 22,873. See all formats and editions. Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four. Eight-year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable.
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I picked up Walter Tevis's novel "The Queen's Gambit," from 1983, at Skylight Books, in Los Angeles, sometime around 2002.It was a staff pick, and the blurb on the blue index card taped ...
Tevis once pegged himself as "a good American writer of the second rank.". But Allan Scott, the screenwriter who first optioned "The Queen's Gambit" in the 1980s, disagrees. Mr. Scott co ...
The Battle of the Sexes. Aaron Bady argued recently in the Los Angeles Review of Books that one of biggest pleasures of Netflix's The Queen's Gambit is that things keep almost going wrong and ...
The Queen's Gambit is a 1983 American novel by Walter Tevis, exploring the life of fictional female chess prodigy Beth Harmon.A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, it covers themes of adoption, feminism, chess, drug addiction and alcoholism.The book was adapted for the 2020 Netflix miniseries of the same name.
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 16, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get ...
Noah Adams speaks with author Walter Tevis about his novel The Queen's Gambit. Tevis tells the story of orphan Beth Harmon, her struggle with addiction and her triumph as a female chess prodigy.
Walter Tevis. Follow. The Queen's Gambit: A Novel Paperback - March 11, 2003. by Walter Tevis (Author) 4.7 23,149 ratings. See all formats and editions. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four.
Of course I came to *Queen's Gambit* the novel after watching the Netflix miniseries, which I really enjoyed, but what really made me read the book was an article by Sarah Miller in The New Yorker in which she really praises it as her "platonic ideal of a novel" (Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient is said to re-read it "for the pure pleasure and skill of it.")
The Queen's Gambit is an intoxicating chess thriller. Anya Taylor-Joy's alcoholic chess prodigy puts herself to the test in Scott Frank's enthralling new Netflix series that proves again that the novels of Walter Tevis are fertile ground for adaptation. 6 November 2020. The Queen's Gambit (2020)
The Queen's Gambit, set in the 1950s/early 1960s, is the story of Beth Harmon, a fictional character who is a chess genius. When the story opens, she is 8 years old and has just been delivered to an orphanage in Kentucky. Her parents are dead and we learn nothing more about them or Beth's past. A handful of characters are introduced at the ...
The Queen's Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years—for the pure pleasure and skill of it." —Michael Ondaatje "Compelling. . . . A magnificent obsession." —Los Angeles Times "Beth Harmon is an unforgettable creation—and The Queen's Gambit is Walter Tevis's most consummate and heartbreaking work ...
Book Review: The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis. Goodreads Overview: 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.
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis. I first watched the series like probably most of the people did. I was amazed by the actors and cinematography. So I thought why not try the original book. As expected the series wasn't completely accurate. The first thing that I couldn't help but notice was that Beth isn't redheaded.
As The Queen's Gambit novel goes, Tevis presents a truly harrowing tale, one whose prose matches the feel of the game around which its protagonist's story centers: chess. Written in a straightforward fashion—but with a soft touch when required—The Queen's Gambit has readers rooting for its protagonist from the novel's earliest pages.
The Queen's Gambit. . A n orphaned girl glows up to become a shark in the world of chess shocking men around the globe. This book takes place in the 1950s when women are still considered intellectually subpar. Beth is both young and female as well as battling an addiction which started at the jarring age of nine.
Today Kim is going to bring you a book review and Netflix series comparison to Walter Tevis' novel The Queen's Gambit: The Queen's Gamit. Author: Walter Tevis. Published: March 11, 2003. 243 Pages. Reviewed By: Kim. Kim's Rating: 5 stars. Book Description: When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers ...
Book Review: The Queen's Gambit. Published on April 23, 2019 April 11, 2019 by forthesakeofreadingya. When the Quint Confederacy and the Kos Empire went to war—again—young Queen Samara wisely kept her Rogue Coalition out of the conflict. But staying neutral in a galactic war doesn't pay the bills, not when both sides refuse to trade ...
Characters: 60. Amazon rating: 4 1/2 stars. Genre: Fiction. BOOK COMPANION Editor Gerry Andeen Discusses The Queen's Gambit. This is a story about finding out things as you grow up. We begin with Beth Harmon in an orphanage. She is a bright child and gets to clap the erasers in the basement where she sees the janitor with his attention on a ...
Synopsis. A piercing character study filled with breath-taking suspense, Tevis's psychological thriller about an orphan who becomes a child prodigy at chess cuts deep into the experience of obsession, addiction and trauma. Now a major Netflix series. When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to ...
Books Book Reviews Fiction Nonfiction Summer reading. ... Today, a fine first edition of "The Queen's Gambit" will cost you $500 or more. Born in 1928, Walter Tevis was a sickly, unhappy ...
Reviews The Queen's Gambit Review: A (Grand)masterful Portrait of Genius and Addiction. Netflix's period piece miniseries tracks a chess prodigy's highs and lows through striking visuals and ...
by Walter Tevis (Author), Amy Landon (Reader) 22,873. See all formats and editions. Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four. Eight-year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable.