Beskrivning
Beskrivning
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 Mutesia 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 chessa 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 thatlike their daily livesrequires persevering against great obstacles. Of these kids, one girl stood out as an immense talent: Phiona. By the age of eleven Phiona was her countrys junior champion, and at fifteen, the national champion. Now a Woman Candidate Masterthe first female titled player in her countrys historyPhiona 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 worlds most unstable countries. The Queen of Katwe is a remarkable (NPR) and riveting (New York Post) book that shows how Phionas story transcends the limitations of the chessboard (Robert Hess, US Grandmaster).
