Word Freak : Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
de STEFAN FATSIS
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Bien
- ISBN 10
- 0142002267
- ISBN 13
- 9780142002261
- Librería
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Sinopsis
Scrabble may be truly called America's game. But for every group of "living-room players" there is someone who is "at one with the board." In Word Freak , Stefan Fatsis introduces readers to those few, exploring the underground world of colorful characters for which the Scrabble game is life-playing competitively in tournaments across the country. It is also the story of how the Scrabble game was invented by an unemployed architect during the Great Depression and how it has grown into the hugely successful, challenging, and beloved game it is today. Along the way, Fatsis chronicles his own obsession with the game and his development as a player from novice to expert. More than a book about hardcore Scrabble players, Word Freak is also an examination of notions of brilliance, memory, language, competition, and the mind that celebrates the uncanny creative powers in us all. A Book Sense 76 pick.
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- Librería
- A Cappella Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 298351
- Título
- Word Freak : Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
- Autor
- STEFAN FATSIS
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Trade Paperback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0142002267
- ISBN 13
- 9780142002261
- Editorial
- N/A
- Lugar de publicación
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Fecha de publicación
- August 2002
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A Cappella Books
Sobre A Cappella Books
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