Read more
Informationen zum Autor Tim Crothers is a former senior writer at Sports Illustrated . He is the author of The Queen of Katwe: One Girl’s Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion and The Man Watching ! the biography of University of North Carolina women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance! and coauthor of Hard Work ! the autobiography of UNC basketball coach Roy Williams. He lives in Chapel Hill! North Carolina! with his wife and two children. Zusammenfassung Now a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong ’ o and David Oyelowo! directed by Mira Nair. The “astonishing” ( The New York Times Book Review ) and “inspirational” ( Shelf Awareness ) true story of Phiona Mutesi—a teenage chess prodigy from the slums of Uganda. One day in 2005 while searching for food! nine-year-old Ugandan Phiona Mutesi followed her brother to a dusty veranda where she met Robert Katende. Katende! a war refugee turned missionary! had an improbable dream: to empower kids in the Katwe slum through chess—a game so foreign there is no word for it in their native language. Laying a chessboard in the dirt! Robert began to teach. At first children came for a free bowl of porridge! but many grew to love the game that—like their daily lives—requires persevering against great obstacles. Of these kids! one girl stood out as an immense talent: Phiona. By the age of eleven Phiona was her country’s junior champion! and at fifteen! the national champion. Now a Woman Candidate Master—the first female titled player in her country’s history—Phiona dreams of becoming a Grandmaster! the most elite level in chess. But to reach that goal! she must grapple with everyday life in one of the world’s most unstable countries. The Queen of Katwe is a “remarkable” (NPR) and “riveting” ( New York Post ) book that shows how “Phiona’s story transcends the limitations of the chessboard” (Robert Hess! US Grandmaster). ...
