Boek The Queen S Gambit

Orphaned at the tender age of nine prodigious introvert beth harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s usa.

Boek the queen s gambit. Walter tevis 1983 novel the queen s gambit is on the new york times best seller list thanks to what netflix calls its biggest limited scripted series ever but what will fans of the. Mesmerizing newsweek don t pick this up if you want a night s sleep scotsman more exciting than any thriller i ve seen lately. After beth is placed in the methuen home for orphaned girls she learns to play chess taught to her by the home s custodian and it becomes apparent that she is a true prodigy.

But child stardom comes at a price. The queen s gambit is a 1983 american novel by walter tevis exploring the life of fictional female chess prodigy beth harmon. The queen s gambit a fiction book was a solid 4 star read.

With anya taylor joy chloe pirrie bill camp marcin dorocinski. The queen s gambit is sheer entertainment. The queen s gambit is a 2020 american coming of age period drama miniseries based on walter tevis s 1983 novel of the same name it was created for netflix by scott frank and allan scott beginning in the mid 1950s and proceeding into the 1960s the story follows the life of an orphaned chess prodigy on her rise to the top of the chess world while struggling with drug and alcohol dependency.

It is a book i reread every few years for the pure pleasure and skill of it. More than that beautifully written. The book centers around beth harmon a young girl finding herself an orphan after the tragic death of her mother.

Tevis is famous for his pool hall novels which were turned into classic films the hustler and the color of money. Walter tevis 1983 novel the queen s gambit is as fierce and hopeful as the show s as it celebrates beth s journey into a person who embraces her own power. The queen s gambit is sheer entertainment.

What walter tevis did for pool in the hustler he. 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. It is a book i reread every few years for the pure pleasure and skill of it michael ondaatje compelling.