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’s competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as she 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. Engaging and fast-paced, The Queen’s Gambit speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four.
沃尔特·特维斯（Walter Tevis, 1928—1984）
美国小说家、作家协会会员。生于旧金山，11岁被父母托管于斯坦福儿童康复中心，一年后与父母团聚于肯塔基州。在小镇中学任教期间，开始创作短篇小说。曾在俄亥俄大学长期执教。后死于肺癌。共创作6部长篇及多部短篇，作品被翻译成近40种语言，改编为多部影视作品，广受好评。
译者 于是
作家，翻译。著有长篇小说《查无此人》、短篇小说集《你我好时光》、散文集《慌城孤读》等，译有诺奖得主奥尔加·托卡尔丘克的《云游》、布克奖得主玛格丽特·阿特伍德的《证言》、国际布克奖得主玛丽克·卢卡斯·莱纳菲尔德的《不安之夜》、橘子奖得主珍妮特·温特森的《时间之间》《橘子不是唯一的水果》、美国国家图书奖得主斯蒂芬·金的《“黑暗塔”系列Ⅶ：黑暗塔》《杜马岛》等三十余部英美文学作品。
技术顾问 侯逸凡
国际象棋特级大师，国际...
- 天才少女在孤儿院发现象棋天赋
- 对抗性别偏见与药物依赖的挣扎
- 从孤独走向自我救赎的成长史诗
- 美剧《后翼弃兵》的忠实观众
- 对女性成长与心理描写感兴趣的读者
- 喜欢快节奏励志故事与天才叙事者
- 原著比剧集更黑暗，侧重心理刻画
- 无需懂国际象棋规则也能享受剧情
- 注意书中对药物依赖与孤独的描写
- 原著心理描写比剧集更细腻丰满
- 故事节奏紧凑，阅读体验非常爽快
- 人物形象立体，展现天才的脆弱面
本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成，不等同于全文精读。
- "" 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 "
- "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 someth"
- "Chess isn't always 'competitive ,' she said."
- "Listening to the two of them, she had felt something unpleasant and familiar: the sense that chess was a thing between men, and she was an outsider. She hated the feeling."
- "她想不出有谁曾经鼓励过她。现在，站在这栋小楼前，她终于开始意识到了这一点。她本可以在九岁或十岁时就去参加比赛，像本尼那样。她从小就很聪明，对下棋很热切，贪婪地渴望得到更多关于棋的知识。她本可以和特级大师们对弈，学到一些夏贝尔先生、甘茨先生他们永远无法教给她的东西。吉列夫十三岁就打算成为世界冠军了。假如她有他一半的机遇，她十岁时就会有那样出色的表现。一时间，在她的脑海里，整个苏联国际象棋界的专制体制和她现在身在的这个地方的专制感混同为一了。机构。"
- "明天一早，她会把支票寄给苏联旅行社的华盛顿分部。她将独自前往，或与国务院派的什么人一起去。她学过俄语，不至于完全不知所措。反正，苏联棋手也会说英语。她可以自我备战。她已经独自训练好几个月了。她喝完了咖啡。她一生中的大部分时间都在自我训练。"
- "从本质上说，她所做的只是微不足道的小事，非常非常小，但她非凡的头脑所拥有的能量却似乎在这个房间里火光四溅、噼啪作响，那些知道如何倾听的人就能感受到。她下的每一步棋也随之熠熠闪光。一个半小时后，她击败了所有人，没有犯一个错，也没有冗余的着法。 她停下来，环顾四周。被吃掉的棋子成群结队地挤在每副棋盘边。有几个学生盯着她看，但大多数人都避开了她的目光。有零星的拿声。她觉得脸红了；源自她骨子里的某种东西拼命地冲向棋盘，向棋盘上的死穴。现在那上面已经没剩下什么了。她又变回了小女孩，一个没有力量的女孩。"
- "无论如何，她有一种感觉：被抓了现行的那件事大大超出了寻常的惩罚范围。再往深处说，她意识到了孤儿院可以说是那件事的共谋犯：他们给她、给所有学生吃药，好让孩子们别那么不安定，因而更容易调教。"
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