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Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer (Abrams ComicArts) - Hardcover

Voloj, Julian

 
9781419759864: Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer (Abrams ComicArts)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1419759868 ISBN 13: 9781419759864
Verlag: Abrams ComicArts, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

Author Julian Voloj and award-winning illustrator Wagner Willian'sBlack & White is the first graphic novel biography following the life of Bobby Fischer, from chess wunderkind and national hero to his eventual spiral into madness and infamy.

The life of Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) had many unexpected moves--from his solitary childhood to his stratospheric accomplishments in the world of competitive chess, and eventually, his decent into mental illness and disgrace.

Black & White begins in Brooklyn, where Fischer was born and raised by a single mother. By the time he was a teen, he had established himself as a loner and dropped out of school. But none of that mattered; he had found his true calling--chess. In 1972, Fischer played what many consider "the game of the century" against the Soviet Union's chess champion Boris Spassky at the height of the Cold War. Later, Fischer became the youngest-ever US Chess Champion and the game's youngest grandmaster. Never before had chess received such international attention. Fischer, whose sole focus in life up until then was chess, reached the Olympus of chess at 29, and then . . . he disappeared. Suffering from mental illness, the chess genius became increasingly paranoid, lost in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories--despite the fact that he himself was Jewish--and died as a fugitive in Iceland.

Black & White is a beautiful and fascinating work that reveals Fischer's history while also contextualizing his lasting impact on pop culture and examining the legacy he left behind.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Julian Voloj is the author of numerous graphic novels, including the acclaimed Ghetto Brother. Born in Germany, he lives in New York City.

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The life of BoPpy Fischer (1943-2008) had many unexpected moves?from his solitary childhood to his stratospheric accomplishments in the world of competitive chess, and eventually, his decent into mental illness and disgrace. Black and White begins in Brooklyn, where Fischer was born and raised by a single mother. By the time he was a teen, he had established himself as a loner and dropped out of school. But none of that mattered; he had found his true calling?chess.

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Verlag
Abrams ComicArts
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1419759868
ISBN 13 
9781419759864
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Zeichner
Willian Wagner
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
176
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