Walter Tevis – författare

»The Queen's Gambit är en roman som känns levande, är svår att lägga ifrån sig och tycks kunna frälsa nästan vem som helst till schackfantast.« Betyg: 5 av 5 - Moa Olofsson, BTJ

»Att schack kan kännas så nervkittlande endast genom att läsa om det, visar på den otroliga talang författaren har för att skildra spelet.« Miss Nathas bokhylla

När Beth Harmon i mitten av 1950-talet tvingas flytta till ett barnhem i Kentucky upptäcker hon snabbt två sätt att undfly sin omgivning: Att spela schack, och att ta de små grönvita piller som hon och de andra barnen får varje dag för att de ska hålla sig lugna. Det blir snart uppenbart att Beth är ett underbarn med en exceptionell talang. Om hon lyckas klättra i schackvärlden kan hon få en chans att skapa sig ett nytt liv. Samtidigt tvingas hon hela tiden kämpa både med ett intensivt missbruk och mot en mansdominerad verklighet. För Beth är det betydligt mer än bara vinst och förlust vid schackbrädet som står på spel. Boken The Queen's Gambit har hyllats av kritikerna och gör nu världssuccé som TV-serie på Netflix. I svensk översättning av Nille Lindgren.

WALTER TEVIS [1928-1984] var en amerikansk författare. Flera av hans romaner har blivit storfilmer - The Hustler, The Color of Money och The Man Who Fell to Earth - och 2020 adapterades hans The Queen's Gambit [1983] av Netflix till en serie som blivit en världssuccé.

»The Queen's Gambit är en roman som känns levande, är svår att lägga ifrån sig och tycks kunna frälsa nästan vem som helst till schackfantast.« Betyg: 5 av 5 - Moa Olofsson, BTJ

»Att schack kan kännas så nervkittlande endast genom att läsa om det, visar på den otroliga talang författaren har för att skildra spelet.« Miss Nathas bokhylla

När Beth Harmon i mitten av 1950-talet tvingas flytta till ett barnhem i Kentucky upptäcker hon snabbt två sätt att undfly sin omgivning: Att spela schack, och att ta de små grönvita piller som hon och de andra barnen får varje dag för att de ska hålla sig lugna. Det blir snart uppenbart att Beth är ett underbarn med en exceptionell talang. Om hon lyckas klättra i schackvärlden kan hon få en chans att skapa sig ett nytt liv. Samtidigt tvingas hon hela tiden kämpa både med ett intensivt missbruk och mot en mansdominerad verklighet. För Beth är det betydligt mer än bara vinst och förlust vid schackbrädet som står på spel. Boken The Queen's Gambit har hyllats av kritikerna och gör nu världssuccé som TV-serie på Netflix. I svensk översättning av Nille Lindgren.

WALTER TEVIS [1928-1984] var en amerikansk författare. Flera av hans romaner har blivit storfilmer - The Hustler, The Color of Money och The Man Who Fell to Earth - och 2020 adapterades hans The Queen's Gambit [1983] av Netflix till en serie som blivit en världssuccé.

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 an acclaimed 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's competing for the U.S. 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.

T. J. Newton is an extraterrestrial who goes to Earth on a desperate mission of mercy. But instead of aid, Newton discovers loneliness and despair that ultimately ends in tragedy.

Walter Tevis is widely regarded as a master for both his gritty poolhall novels and his brilliant rendering of the world of competitive chess. This long overdue collection establishes Tevis''s rightful place as a maestro of the short form, as well. Including previously unpublished stories from journals and magazines, this entertaining collection showcases Tevis''s characteristic perceptiveness, empathy, and range.In one story, a man receives a phone call from his future self and follows their instructions to unpredictable, calamitous results. In another, a famous actor and a young actress showcase their talent for acting both on and off the stage. There are five short stories set in poolhalls, including one that features Fast Eddie Felson and another that was the basis for the novel The Hustler. Here also is his first fictional foray into chess, with a ranked chess player finding fellowship in the prison yard with another player.In all of them, Tevis reminds us again and again why his writing has long been revered for its roving curiosity and innate humanity.A W&N Essential

The future is a grim place in which the declining human population wanders drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. It''s a world without art, reading and children, a world that people would rather burn themselves alive than endure.Even Spofforth, the most perfect machine ever created, cannot bear it and seeks only that which he cannot have - to cease to be. But there is hope for the future in the passion and joy that a man and woman discover in love and in books, hope even for Spofforth.A haunting novel, reverberating with anguish but also celebrating love and the magic of a dream.

The remarkable novel upon which the stunning cult film was based.

''Beautiful ... The story of an extraterrestrial visitor from another planet is designed mainly to say something about life on this one'' NEW YORK TIMES

Thomas Jerome Newton is an extraterrestrial from the planet Anthea, which has been devastated by a series of nuclear wars, and whose inhabitants are twice as intelligent as human beings. When he lands on Earth - in Kentucky, disguised as a human - it''s with the intention of saving his own people from extinction. Newton patents some very advanced Anthean technology, which he uses to amass a fortune. He begins to build a spaceship to help the last 300 Antheans migrate to Earth. Meanwhile, Nathan Bryce, a chemistry professor in Iowa, is intrigued by some of the new products Newton''s company brings to the market, and already suspects Newton of being an alien. As Bryce and the FBI close in, Newton finds his own clarity and sense of purpose diminishing.

Discover the book which inspired the classic film with David Bowie and the new Paramount+ series with Chiwetel Ejiofor!

A science fiction thriller from the author of THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH.''A fine engrossing novel by a master!'' Philadelphia EnquirerIn a time when America''s power has been eroded by energy depletion, and world control has been virtually given over to the Chinese, only one man has the courage to seek new mineral resources among the stars. He is Ben Belson, one of the richest men in the world, a man haunted by the memory of a loveless childhood and driven by needs and desires he can barely understand or control. His dream is to find the means to help America break the stranglehold of the corrupt interests who are keeping it a second class power.

An essential short story collection from the author of THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH and THE QUEEN''S GAMBIT - now a major Netflix dramaContaining:Far From HomeThe Other End of the LineThe Big BounceThe GoldabrickThe Ifth of OofthThe Scholar''s DiscipleFar From HomeClose To Home Rent Control A Visit From Mother Daddy The Apotheosis of Myra Out of Luck Echo Sitting In LimboThis is an essential collection from the author of THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, THE HUSTLER and THE COLOUR OF MONEY.

A classic hardboiled tale of a beautiful talent for life in smoky poolrooms''A wonderful hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance'' TIME OUT''This book sees the poetry of the pool game ... Fast Eddie''s ascent up the ladder from pool shark to full-time hustler is the story of the will to power, told in cool fifties style'' GUARDIANFast Eddie Felson has a reputation as a pool hustler to be feared, but his ambitions go far beyond taking small-town punks for a few bucks here and there. He has the talent to make big money, but he soon learns that it takes more than natural ability to become a real winner. He heads to Chicago to test himself against the legendary Minnesota Fats in more than forty-hours of high-stakes pool. Can he find the will to overcome his failings and fulfil his potential as the best there is?

In the sequel to the cult classic THE HUSTLER, Eddie Felson returns to the poolroom to give the game one last shot. From the bestseller author of THE QUEEN''S GAMBIT - NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIESThe Color of Money was adapted for the screen by Martin Scorsese and starred Paul Newman and Tom CruiseIt has been twenty years since the epic match-up between Eddie Felson and Minnesota Fats. Having gone from bona fide stardom to playing in exhibition matches for cable television, Eddie decides that he''d like to give the game one more shot. With a failed marriage behind him and a new generation of competitors in his way, Eddie must face his demons and find the will to succeed once more.

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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.