by Walter Tevis · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420460284
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«Gambito de dama» is Walter Tevis's coming-of-age novel, published by Alfaguara in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
Beth Harmon, an orphan raised in a Kentucky orphanage, discovers chess thanks to the janitor and reveals exceptional talent. Her rise in tournaments pits her against tougher rivals, while she grapples with loneliness and her addiction to tranquilizers. A story about genius, pressure, and fragility on and off the board.
Originally published in 1983 and translated from English by Rafael Marín, it belongs to the Literaturas collection. The Netflix miniseries inspired by the novel won the Emmy and Golden Globe in 2021.
For those who came to the story through the Netflix series and for chess enthusiasts and fans of great American fiction.
Walter Stone Tevis Jr. was an American novelist and screenwriter. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth. A fourth, The Queen’s Gambit, was adapted into a miniseries with the same title and shown on Netflix in 2020. His books have been translated into at least 18 languages.
