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. Now the basis for a highly acclaimed, award-winning Netflix series.
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 is competing for the US 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.
© 2019 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbog): 9781982597238
Release date
Lydbog: 12. marts 2019
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. Now the basis for a highly acclaimed, award-winning Netflix series.
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 is competing for the US 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.
© 2019 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbog): 9781982597238
Release date
Lydbog: 12. marts 2019
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Anne
7. okt. 2021
Well written book about chess - but I liked the Netflix series better. Probably this book will appeale to true chessplayers more with all the details of the game and the strategies than it did me, but I truly enjoyed the “coming of age” story about Elisabeth Harmon - and the Netflix series is very true to the book.
Anne Mette
8. jan. 2021
På trods af en FORFÆRDELIG oplæser er historien ikke til at slippe
Jimmy
30. nov. 2020
Fremragende
Anne-Mette
9. feb. 2021
Jeg ved for lidt om skak til at få det optimale udbytte af bogen, men historien var god, og jeg følte mig godt underholdt. Dygtig indlæser.
Mathilde
2. jan. 2022
Særdeles fornøjelig, spændt på at se serien!
Rémi
6. mar. 2023
Skøn bog og i mine øjne bedre end Netflix serien. Oplæseren krævede dog lidt tilvænning.
Tobias
26. jun. 2022
Meget spændende fortælling, og en god rejse. Oplæseren føltes lidt tør i starten, men det blev hurtigt godt.
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