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A King in Hiding: How a Child Refugee Became a World Chess Champion
Fahim Fahim
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Description for A King in Hiding: How a Child Refugee Became a World Chess Champion
Paperback. A very modern fairytale, soon to be a film starring Daniel Auteuil (Manon des Sources, Jean de Florette) Translator(s): Mellor, Barbara. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFD; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015
Forced to flee his native Bangladesh, eight year-old chess prodigy Fahim arrived in Paris with his father. Refused asylum, as illegal immigrants they spiralled downwards into homelessness and desperation.
By a stroke of luck, Fahim was introduced to one of France's top chess coaches, Xavier Parmentier, who tutored him and gave him a sense of purpose, his struggles on the chessboard mirroring both his victories and his crushing defeats in his battle for a normal ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
227
Place of Publication
Duxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848318281
SKU
V9781848318281
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99
About Fahim Fahim
FAHIM lives with his father on the outskirts of Paris. SOPHIE LE CALLENNEC is an expert in East African geography and has written numerous school textbooks. XAVIER PARMENTIER is a chess grandmaster. BARBARA MELLOR has thirty years' experience as a translator and editor, Résistance by Agnès Humbert (Bloomsbury, 2009) being a recent highlight.
Reviews for A King in Hiding: How a Child Refugee Became a World Chess Champion
A heartwarming story.
Independent on Sunday
In arguably the year's most inspirational tale, A King in Hiding tells the story of the Bangladeshi child refugee who has, against all the odds, become a world chess champion in his new home of France.
William Hill Sports Book of the Year judges
Independent on Sunday
In arguably the year's most inspirational tale, A King in Hiding tells the story of the Bangladeshi child refugee who has, against all the odds, become a world chess champion in his new home of France.
William Hill Sports Book of the Year judges