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The Queen's Gambit

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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.

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The Queen's Gambit, Walter Tevis

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Rok vydania
2003
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4,2
Veľmi dobrá
81542 Hodnotenie
Jazyk
anglicky
Vydavateľ
Vintage
Rok vydania
2003
Väzba
mäkká
ISBN10
1400030609
ISBN13
9781400030606
Série
Prvé vydanie
1983
Pôvodný názov
The Queen's Gambit
Hodnotenie
4,15 z 5
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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.