Shadow Box - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0425039455 ISBN 13 : 9780425039458

Synopsis

Book by Plimpton George

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

From the author of Paper Lion

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 brings back this timeless book on boxing and its devotees, among them Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Ernest Hemingway, and Norman Mailer.
Shadow Box is one of Plimpton’s most engaging portraits of professional sport seen through the eyes of an inquisitive and astute hopeful. From the gym, the locker room, the ringside, and even in the harsh glare of the ring itself, Plimpton documents what it truly means to be a boxer in some of the finest writing of his career.

Revue de presse

"Excellent... The chapters on Muhammad Ali are delightful, and Ali is not easy to write about" (Time)

"With his gentle, ironic tone, and unwillingness to take himself too seriously, along with Roger Angell, John Updike and Norman Mailer he made writing about sports something that mattered" (Guardian)

Détails de l'édition

• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0425039455
• ISBN 13: 9780425039458
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible