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About the Author

After being a senior writer at Sports Illustrated for numerous years, Tim Crothers now teaches in the School of Journalism at the University of North Carolina. He is the author of The Man Watching. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Obras por Tim Crothers

Associated Works

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 (2011) — Contribuidor — 237 exemplares
Queen of Katwe [2017 film] (2016) — Original book — 48 exemplares
The Best American Magazine Writing 2012 (2012) — Contribuidor — 34 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1963-11-06
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Locais de residência
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Ocupações
sportswriter
Organizações
Sports Illustrated
Agente
Chris Parris-Lamb

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A very good story well worth reading. Given the chance to involving herself in something outside surviving, Phiona Mutesi who had only known life in the slum of Katwe outside Kampala joins a group to play chess and proves that she has, along with her brothers, real talent and perseverance in playing chess. Against all odds she pushes herself to be come an excellent player and begins to extract herself from the slums.
 
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David-Block | 13 outras críticas | Jan 28, 2021 |
I'm going to steal from A.O. Scott's review of the movie (I have yet to see):

“Irresistible” is one of those adjectives that critics should handle with utmost care. No matter how universally charming or winning a movie or a performance might seem to be, there is always a chance that somebody, somewhere, will be able to resist it. For all I know that may be the case with “Queen of Katwe,” but if there is anyone out there capable of remaining unmoved by this true-life triumph-of-the-underdog sports story, I don’t think I want to meet that person.


This is a terrific story - inspiring and amazing.
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mrklingon | 13 outras críticas | Apr 22, 2019 |
I was very engrossed by the stories told in this book. At first I was a bit confused by all the different people and their back stories but it helped me to see how universal poverty and despair are in the slums of Katwe and how unbelievable it seems to try and do anything besides daily survival. I think that it is a wonderful illustration of how one person can affect another who helps someone else and eventually many people are given tools to help many others. Maybe some of the complaints I've read in other reviews of this book come because it is not a neatly tied up ending, but that's because this book is more like a prequel or even a prologue for the potential to come. The events in this book are still playing out.… (mais)
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wrightja2000 | 13 outras críticas | Sep 6, 2018 |
Very interesting to see the living conditions and culture in Africa.
 
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EvaW | 13 outras críticas | Jul 5, 2017 |

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Obras
6
Also by
3
Membros
471
Popularidade
#52,267
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
16
ISBN
37
Línguas
3

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