Shadow Box: An Amateur in the Ring
Autor George Plimpton Cuvânt înainte de Mike Lupicaen Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 apr 2016
Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, George Plimpton pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist. Bloodied but unbowed, he holds his own in the bout--and lives to tell, in this timeless book on boxing and its devotees, among them Ali, Joe Frazier, Ernest Hemingway, and Norman Mailer.
SHADOW BOX is one of Plimpton's most engaging studies of professional sport, told through the eyes of an inquisitive and astute amateur. From the gym, the locker room, ringside, and even in the harsh glare of the ring itself, Plimpton documents what it is like to be a boxer, an artist of mayhem.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316326643
ISBN-10: 031632664X
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 149 x 216 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
ISBN-10: 031632664X
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 149 x 216 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
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Notă biografică
George
Plimpton(1927-2003)
was
the
bestselling
author
and
editor
of
nearly
thirty
books,
as
well
as
the
cofounder,
publisher,
and
editor
of
theParis
Review.
He
wrote
regularly
for
such
magazines
asSports
IllustratedandEsquire,
and
he
appeared
numerous
times
in
films
and
on
television.
Recenzii
"Excellent
sports
reporting.
The
chapters
on
Muhammad
Ali
are
delightful,
and
Ali
is
not
easy
to
write
about."—Time
"A delight--more entertaining, if possible, than I remembered... the reader leaves George Plimpton's wide world of sports with deep reluctance.... His prose is as elegant and seemingly effortless as Ted Williams's swing or an Arnold Palmer iron shot.... His teammates recede--like the old baseball players vanishing into the cornfield inField of Dreams, taking their magical world with them but living on in fond memory."—Edward Kosner, Wall Street Journal
"Sports memoirs, like humor collections, rarely outlive their authors, but Plimpton's books have aged gracefully and even matured. Today they have the additional (and unintended) appeal of vivid history, bearing witness to a mythical era."—Nathaniel Rich,New York Review of Books
"A delight--more entertaining, if possible, than I remembered... the reader leaves George Plimpton's wide world of sports with deep reluctance.... His prose is as elegant and seemingly effortless as Ted Williams's swing or an Arnold Palmer iron shot.... His teammates recede--like the old baseball players vanishing into the cornfield inField of Dreams, taking their magical world with them but living on in fond memory."—Edward Kosner, Wall Street Journal
"Sports memoirs, like humor collections, rarely outlive their authors, but Plimpton's books have aged gracefully and even matured. Today they have the additional (and unintended) appeal of vivid history, bearing witness to a mythical era."—Nathaniel Rich,New York Review of Books
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Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, the author pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist. From the gym, the locker room, the ringside, and even in the harsh glare of the ring itself, the author documents what it truly means to be a boxer.
Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, the author pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist. From the gym, the locker room, the ringside, and even in the harsh glare of the ring itself, the author documents what it truly means to be a boxer.