Golf's Best Short Stories - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1556523211 ISBN 13 : 9781556523212

Editeur : A Cappella Books, 1999

Synopsis

Book by Updike John Marquis Don

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Golf is the most literate of sports. Its appeal lies in the way that it embraces every emotion within a round, from elation to despair, triumph to tragedy and pleasure quickly becomes frustration. It is a sport that reveals the true character, and the twentieth century s best writers have all written about it. Golf is an addictive game, whether you play or are a fan. In the space of a few hours, over one round, you move between elation and despair, from triumph to tragedy and partake of pleasures and frustrations. From John Updike s Farrell s Caddie , often acclaimed as the greatest of all golfing stories, to P.G. Wodehouse s The Clicking of Cuthbert the stories in this collection bring together British duffers, amateur sleuths, plodders and hustlers, caddies and cheats, lovers and adventurers. Each reveals a true love of the game and a wry understanding of how golf can drive the emotions to breaking point. Every golfer who has stood in a bunker contemplating defeat or listened to tall tales at the nineteenth hole will recognise their own experience in these stories and draw comfort, as well as wisdom, from them. The stories capture the essence of the game, and the nature of the people who play it, and there s not a bogey among them.

Revue de presse :

A fine collection that satisfyingly combines old favourites with a few surprising finds... the stories do live up to their billing. --'Observer Sports Monthly'

It is somewhat tempting fate to entitle a book Golf s Best Short Stories. In this case, though, it is hard to complain too much. There are 24 of them in this book... and several are absolute gems. --'Golf International'

All human emotion, much of it private, is there on the golf course and as this collection of American and British stories prove it is for authors to exploit... A smashing read --'Manchester Evening Post'

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: A Cappella Books
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1556523211
• ISBN 13: 9781556523212
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 416