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The Global Game - Writers on Soccer (Paperback)
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The Global Game - Writers on Soccer (Paperback)
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Includes "The Empty Pleasure" by 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature
Winner Mario Vargas Llosa The world’s most popular sport, soccer,
is also one of the planet’s prevalent cultural expressions,
celebrated and debated as an art form, observed with ritual and
passion. Thus it has inspired literary efforts of every sort, from
every corner of the globe, by women and men. The writings gathered
in this volume reflect the universal and infinitely varied ways in
which soccer connects with human experience. Poetry and prose from
Ted Hughes, Charles Simic, Eduardo Galeano, Günter Grass, Giovanna
Pollarolo, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Elvis Costello—to name but a
few—take us to a dizzying array of cultures and climes. From a
patch of ground in Missoula, Montana, to a clearing in a Kosovo
forest, from the stadiums of Burma and Iran to the northern lights
over Greenland to remotest Sierra Leone, these writers show us
soccer’s stars and fans, politics and rituals, as well as the
game’s power to encourage resistance, inspire faith, and build
community.
General
Imprint: |
Bison Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2008 |
First published: |
November 2008 |
Editors: |
John C. Turnbull
• Alon Raab
• Thom Satterlee
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade / Trade
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Pages: |
316 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8032-1078-3 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-8032-1078-7 |
Barcode: |
9780803210783 |
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