String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis
A Library of America Special Publication
An instant classic of American sportswriting-the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, "the best mind of his generation" (A. O. Scott) and "the best tennis-writer of all time" (New York Times) Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's edition, here are David Foster Wallace's legendary writings on tennis, five tour-de-force pieces written with a competitor's insight and a fan's obsessive enthusiasm. Wallace brings his dazzling literary magic to the game he loved as he celebrates the other-worldly genius of Roger Federer; offers a wickedly witty disection of Tracy Austin's memoir; considers the artistry of Michael Joyce, a supremely disciplined athlete on the threshold of fame; resists the crush of commerce at the U.S. Open; and recalls his own career as a "near-great" junior player. Whiting Award-winning writer John Jeremiah Sullivan provides an introduction.
ISBN/EAN | 9781598534801 |
Auteur | David Foster Wallace |
Uitgever | Van Ditmar Boeken B.V. |
Taal | Engels |
Uitvoering | Gebonden in harde band |
Pagina's | 158 |
Lengte | 229.0 mm |
Breedte | 146.0 mm |