THE KINGS OF NEW YORK: A YEAR AMONG THE GEEKS, ODDBALLS, AND GENUISES WHO MAKE UP AMERICA’S TOP HIGHSCHOOL CHESS TEAM

Book ID/图书代码： 06814006B04245

English Summary/英文概要： In KINGS OF NEW YORK sportswriter Michael Weinreb follows the members of the Murrow chess team through an entire season, from cash games in Washington Square Park to city and state tournaments to the SuperNationals in Nashville.
Along the way, Weinreb brings to life a number of colorful characters: the Yale-educated calculus teacher struggling to find funding for his team; the team’s lone girl, a shy Ukranian immigrant; the Puerto Rican teen from the rough neighborhood; and the Lithuanian immigrant.It is the story of a cross-section of city youth: immigrants, natives, rich, poor, black, white.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 体育专栏作家Michael Weinreb在书中叙述了莫罗象棋队成员整年的生活，从华盛顿广场公园的现金游戏、国家比赛到那什维尔的“超级国家”赛事。
在这一过程中，Weinreb在书中溶入了许多个性炯异的人物角色：耶鲁大学具有良好教养的计算机老师努力为他的团队寻找基金；队中孤独、害羞的乌克兰移民小姑娘；从贫民区来的波多黎各少年和立陶宛移民，等等。这是个关于跨越城市各个阶级年青人的故事：移民、当地人、有钱人、穷人、黑人、白人。

Awards/获奖情况：

About the Author/作者介绍： Michael Weinreb’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, and The Dallas Morning News. In his career as a journalist, he has been named best sportswriter in Ohio by the Associated Press, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He lives in New York City.
《纽约时代》、《波士顿地球报》、《洛杉矶时报》、《达拉斯新闻早报》等都刊登过Michael Weinreb的各类文章。在他作为一名新闻记者的职业生涯里，他被提名俄亥俄州美联社最佳体育记者，并被提名普立兹奖。他居住于纽约。

Format:PROOF

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：

原文第一章内容：暂无

手稿：暂无

大纲：暂无