Gambito de dama

The series of today. The book of the moment.

The character of your life.

The book on which the most-watched miniseries in Netflix history is based.

"A book I re-read every few years, for pure pleasure."
Michael Ondaatje

Since its first publication in 1983, this novel became a cult book for chess players in particular and lovers of the great American novel in general. A secret that suddenly exploded at the end of 2020 with the premiere of the series based on this story, conquering the whole world in record time. Beth Harmon, the protagonist, is already an icon in the minds of millions of fans of The Queen's Gambit: orphaned, solitary, polydrug user, competitive, fragile, brilliant. A Mozart of chess whose intelligence brings her as much success as problems.

This addictive, thrilling novel, with a tension that does not wane in each game, in each journey, in each moment of abandonment of the protagonist, who always oscillates between success and the abyss, will remain in the hearts of readers. And it will also serve as an introduction to the world of chess, which, like Beth Harmon, seems calm and accessible, but contains beneath it a whole volcano of passions and dangers.