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The Last Days of Roger Federer - And Other Endings (Hardcover, Main)
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The Last Days of Roger Federer - And Other Endings (Hardcover, Main)
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List price R570
Loot Price R492
Discovery Miles 4 920
You Save R78 (14%)
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'Quite possibly the best living writer in Britain' Daily Telegraph
Much attention has been paid to so-called late style - but what
about last style? When does last begin? How early is late? When
does the end set in? In this endlessly stimulating investigation,
Geoff Dyer sets his own encounter with late middle age against the
last days and last achievements of writers, painters, athletes and
musicians who've mattered to him throughout his life. With a
playful charm and penetrating intelligence, he examines Friedrich
Nietzsche's breakdown in Turin, Bob Dylan's reinventions of old
songs, J.M.W. Turner's paintings of abstracted light, John
Coltrane's cosmic melodies, Jean Rhys's return from the dead (while
still alive) and Beethoven's final quartets - and considers the
intensifications and modifications of experience that come when an
ending is within sight. Oh, and there's stuff about Roger Federer
and tennis too. This book on last things - written while life as we
know it seemed to be coming to an end - is also about how to go on
living with art and beauty, on the entrancing effect and sudden
illumination that an Art Pepper solo or an Annie Dillard reflection
can engender in even the most jaded sensibilities. Blending
criticism, memoir and repartee into something entirely new, The
Last Days of Roger Federer is a summation of Dyer's passions and
the perfect introduction to his sly and joyous work.
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