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 ...
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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Walter Tevis was an American novelist and short-story writer. Whilst a student at the University of Kentucky, Tevis worked in a pool hall and published a story about the game for an English class. He would later revisit his love for pool in the novels THE HUSTLER (1959) and THE COLOR OF MONEY (1984), both of which would be adapted into multiple award-winning films starring Paul...
Walter Tevis was an American novelist and short-story writer. Whilst a student at the University of Kentucky, Tevis worked in a pool hall and published a story about the game for an English class. He would later revisit his love for pool in the novels THE HUSTLER (1959) and THE COLOR OF MONEY (1984), both of which would be adapted into multiple award-winning films starring Paul Newman. Among his other works, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1963) and MOCKINGBIRD (1980) are considered masterpieces of science fiction. Tevis died in 1984.
" It talks about the orphanage." Beth had bought her own copy.
"And it gives one of my games. But it's mostly about my being a girl."
" Well, you are one."
"It shouldn't be that important, "Beth said."They didn't print half the things I told them. They didn't tell about Mr. Shaibel. They didn't say anything about how I play the Sicilian."
" But, Beth, "Mrs. Wheatley said, "it makes you a celebrity!"
Beth looked at her thoughtfully," For being a girl, mostly,"she said. (查看原文)
The chessboard and pieces weren’t there, but the table he had played on still sat by the furnace, and his unpainted chair was still in position. The bare bulb over it was on. She stood looking down at the table. Then she seated herself thoughtfully in Mr. Shaibel’s chair and looked up and saw something she had not seen before.
Behind the place where she used to sit to play was a kind of rough partition made of unplanned wooden boards nailed to two-by-fours. A calendar used to hang there, with scenes from Bavaria above the sheets for the months. Now the calendar was gone and the entire partition was covered with photographs and clippings and covers from Chess Review, each of them neatly taped to the wood and covered with clear plastic to keep it clean and free of dust—the only thing in thi... (查看原文)
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1 有用 綦 2020-12-08 13:36:30
简洁顿挫拎得清。
0 有用 Liquorice 2021-08-17 11:15:39
一口气看下来很过瘾。对于国际象棋的描写很棒，缺少一些对于Beth的成长的描述，部分经历看起来莫名其妙。
0 有用 闹太套 2023-06-22 16:47:02 福建
学英语吧，第一次看女王的棋局原著就是看的这本
0 有用 西门文具多 2025-01-31 21:02:26 广东
作为小说，越读越感觉剧情就那么回事，没啥“爽”的感觉，也没太多“成长”或者“冲突”的描写。 全书最让我有感的反而是主人公在继母去世后回想起两人过往点滴的描写。有种互相利用式的“相依为命”，也有种“伤仲永”未遂的庆幸，还有种不知不觉“活成你的样子”的宿命感。 不过话说回来，这本书是80年代出版的，这么古早，也就别要那么多自行车🚲了。
1 有用 sysz 2021-01-25 09:06:54
听的有声小说，虽然听不懂棋局布置，但就是听得放不下来。