By Paco Cerdà
Translated by Kevin Gerry Dunn
Publication Date: June 1st, 2025
A tense examination of early Cold War anxieties, examined through the famous chess match between Spanish Arturito Pomar and American Bobby Fischer.
Paperback ISBN: 9781646053780
eBook ISBN: 9781646053919
Description
The Pawn shuttles between the United States, Spain, the Soviet Union, and beyond, tracking the lives of Pomar and Fischer. Using the two chess masters' professional trajectories, Cerdà expertly examines the geopolitical anxieties of the world in the 1960's.
For fans of Netflix's The Queen's Gambit, The Pawn explores the contentious shadow layers between game and politic, match and war, a pawn and a political tool.
Biographical Note
Paco Cerdà is a journalist and writer. He is the author of multiple award-winning books. The Pawn is the first book of his to be translated into English.
Kevin Gerry Dunn is a Spanish/English translator and a ghostwriter. His translations include The Tyranny of Flies by Elaine Vilar Madruga, Easy Reading by Cristina Morales, and works by Paul B. Preciado, María Bastarós, Daniela Tarazona, and Ousman Umar. He has received an English PEN Award, a PEN/Heim Grant, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.