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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- ISBN
- 9781598534801
- Book Title
- String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis : a Library of America Special Publication
- Publisher
- Library of America, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Tennis, Literary, Essays
- Item Weight
- 11.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.7 in
- Number of Pages
- 158 Pages
À propos de ce produit
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Library of America, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1598534807
ISBN-13
9781598534801
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219247707
Product Key Features
Book Title
String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis : a Library of America Special Publication
Number of Pages
158 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Tennis, Literary, Essays
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-951697
Reviews
"This book has nothing to do with physics, but its title will make you look super smart if you're reading it on a train or plane." -- Bill Gates "David Foster Wallace's Federer essay turned me into an avid tennis fan." -- Lin-Manuel Miranda , The New York Times Book Review "A wonderful and inspiring collection for fans of either tennis or eye-popping prose." -- Austin American-Statesman "String Theory stands as a monument to Wallace's talent--and his dedication to the game." --Doug Perry, The Oregonian /The Spin of the Ball "This collection is a tennis classic that deserves shelf space next to John McPhee's Levels of the Game and Brad Gilbert's Winning Ugly." --Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News "David Foster Wallace's essays on tennis are a treasure, some of the best writing ever on the sport, and they are all here in the Library of America's this deluxe hardcover collector's edition." -- NY Sports Day "Ruminative, digressive, lyrical, funny, sad, sometimes borderline lunatic, these posthumously collected journalistic pieces have all the hallmarks of Wallace's novels." -- The Washington Post "A remarkable volume. . . . The tennis-obsessive will find Wallace's considerations almost bewilderingly insightful." -- The Telegraph (UK) "Wallace's grasp of tennis was truly prodigious. . . . He has often been described as the best tennis writer of all time, and these essays don't disabuse that notion." -- The Guardian (UK) "What makes this collection so valuable for serious tennis fans is the chance to see 'the most beautiful sport there is' through Wallace's eyes." --Toure, Town & Country, "David Foster Wallace''s Federer essay turned me into an avid tennis fan." -- Lin-Manuel Miranda , The New York Times Book Review "A wonderful and inspiring collection for fans of either tennis or eye-popping prose." -- Austin American-Statesman "String Theory expertly articulates why tennis fans love the sport so, capturing both the human drudgery behind its mastery and, for those who make it to the world-class level, its otherworldliness...[It] stands as a monument to Wallace''s talent--and his dedication to the game." --Doug Perry, The Oregonian /The Spin of the Ball "This collection is a tennis classic that deserves shelf space next to John McPhee''s Levels of the Game and Brad Gilbert''s Winning Ugly...Between its grass-green covers, five of Wallace''s erudite and engaging tennis essays are collected and, together with a pitch-perfect introduction by John Jeremiah Sullivan, the result is nothing short of delightful, like a ball streaking off a racquet''s sweet spot for a winner...David Foster Wallace is a great talent, writing on a subject he knows and loves. And that make this little book, quite simply, an ace." --Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News "David Foster Wallace''s essays on tennis are a treasure, some of the best writing ever on the sport, and they are all here in the Library of America''s this deluxe hardcover collector''s edition." -- NY Sports Day "Ruminative, digressive, lyrical, funny, sad, sometimes borderline lunatic, these posthumously collected journalistic pieces have all the hallmarks of Wallace''s novels." -- The Washington Post "Wallace''s essays on tennis, collected here in a remarkable volume, are a mixture of courtside reportage and armchair rumination. How, he asks, are those who play tennis at the highest level able to do what they do? What is their genius? When we watch, what are we missing? The tennis-obsessive will find Wallace''s considerations almost bewilderingly insightful." -- The Telegraph (UK) "Wallace''s grasp of tennis was truly prodigious. The analytical powers that must have ended up hindering him as a player made him a peerless observer of the sport. He has often been described as the best tennis writer of all time, and these essays don''t disabuse that notion." -- The Guardian (UK) "What makes this collection so valuable for serious tennis fans is the chance to see ''the most beautiful sport there is'' through Wallace''s eyes. In a nation that often derides tennis as effete because it lacks physical contact, Wallace sees it as manly; ''It is to artillery and airstrikes what football is to infantry and attrition.'' Deep down I always knew tennis was a war game. To get wrapped up in this collection is to get pulled deep into the mind of Wallace and, once there, of course, his inescapable subject. ''Midwest junior tennis was also my initiation into true adult sadness,'' he wrote. In his early teens Wallace became one of the better tournament players in the Midwest by combining his understanding of geometry with a Zen attitude about the horribly annoying regional winds and a defensive style that focused on not missing shots, thus making other kids go mad." --Toure, Town & Country, "This book has nothing to do with physics, but its title will make you look super smart if you''re reading it on a train or plane. String Theory is a collection of five of Wallace''s best essays on tennis, a sport I gave up in my Microsoft days and am once again pursuing with a passion. You don''t have to play or even watch tennis to love this book. The late author wielded a pen as skillfully as Roger Federer wields a tennis racket. Here, as in his other brilliant works, Wallace found mind-blowing ways of bending language like a metal spoon." -Bill Gates, "My Favorite Books of 2016" "David Foster Wallace''s Federer essay turned me into an avid tennis fan." -- Lin-Manuel Miranda , The New York Times Book Review "A wonderful and inspiring collection for fans of either tennis or eye-popping prose." -- Austin American-Statesman "String Theory expertly articulates why tennis fans love the sport so, capturing both the human drudgery behind its mastery and, for those who make it to the world-class level, its otherworldliness...[It] stands as a monument to Wallace''s talent--and his dedication to the game." --Doug Perry, The Oregonian /The Spin of the Ball "This collection is a tennis classic that deserves shelf space next to John McPhee''s Levels of the Game and Brad Gilbert''s Winning Ugly...Between its grass-green covers, five of Wallace''s erudite and engaging tennis essays are collected and, together with a pitch-perfect introduction by John Jeremiah Sullivan, the result is nothing short of delightful, like a ball streaking off a racquet''s sweet spot for a winner...David Foster Wallace is a great talent, writing on a subject he knows and loves. And that make this little book, quite simply, an ace." --Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News "David Foster Wallace''s essays on tennis are a treasure, some of the best writing ever on the sport, and they are all here in the Library of America''s this deluxe hardcover collector''s edition." -- NY Sports Day "Ruminative, digressive, lyrical, funny, sad, sometimes borderline lunatic, these posthumously collected journalistic pieces have all the hallmarks of Wallace''s novels." -- The Washington Post "Wallace''s essays on tennis, collected here in a remarkable volume, are a mixture of courtside reportage and armchair rumination. How, he asks, are those who play tennis at the highest level able to do what they do? What is their genius? When we watch, what are we missing? The tennis-obsessive will find Wallace''s considerations almost bewilderingly insightful." -- The Telegraph (UK) "Wallace''s grasp of tennis was truly prodigious. The analytical powers that must have ended up hindering him as a player made him a peerless observer of the sport. He has often been described as the best tennis writer of all time, and these essays don''t disabuse that notion." -- The Guardian (UK) "What makes this collection so valuable for serious tennis fans is the chance to see ''the most beautiful sport there is'' through Wallace''s eyes. In a nation that often derides tennis as effete because it lacks physical contact, Wallace sees it as manly; ''It is to artillery and airstrikes what football is to infantry and attrition.'' Deep down I always knew tennis was a war game. To get wrapped up in this collection is to get pulled deep into the mind of Wallace and, once there, of course, his inescapable subject. ''Midwest junior tennis was also my initiation into true adult sadness,'' he wrote. In his early teens Wallace became one of the better tournament players in the Midwest by combining his understanding of geometry with a Zen attitude about the horribly annoying regional winds and a defensive style that focused on not missing shots, thus making other kids go mad." --Toure, Town & Country, "This book has nothing to do with physics, but its title will make you look super smart if you're reading it on a train or plane." -- Bill Gates, "My Favorite Books of 2016" "David Foster Wallace's Federer essay turned me into an avid tennis fan." -- Lin-Manuel Miranda , The New York Times Book Review "A wonderful and inspiring collection for fans of either tennis or eye-popping prose." -- Austin American-Statesman "String Theory stands as a monument to Wallace's talent--and his dedication to the game." --Doug Perry, The Oregonian /The Spin of the Ball "This collection is a tennis classic that deserves shelf space next to John McPhee's Levels of the Game and Brad Gilbert's Winning Ugly." --Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News "David Foster Wallace's essays on tennis are a treasure, some of the best writing ever on the sport, and they are all here in the Library of America's this deluxe hardcover collector's edition." -- NY Sports Day "Ruminative, digressive, lyrical, funny, sad, sometimes borderline lunatic, these posthumously collected journalistic pieces have all the hallmarks of Wallace's novels." -- The Washington Post "A remarkable volume. . . . The tennis-obsessive will find Wallace's considerations almost bewilderingly insightful." -- The Telegraph (UK) "Wallace's grasp of tennis was truly prodigious. . . . He has often been described as the best tennis writer of all time, and these essays don't disabuse that notion." -- The Guardian (UK) "What makes this collection so valuable for serious tennis fans is the chance to see 'the most beautiful sport there is' through Wallace's eyes." --Toure, Town & Country
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
796.342
Synopsis
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., Both a onetime 'near-great junior tennis player' and a lifelong connoisseur of the finer points of the game, David Foster Wallace wrote about tennis with the authority of an insider, the showmanship of a literary pyrotechnician, and the disarming admiration of an irrepressible fan. Including his masterful profiles of Roger Federer and Tracy Austin, String Theory gathers Wallace's five famous essays on tennis, pieces that have been hailed by sportswriters and literary critics alike as some of the greatest and most innovative magazine writing in recent memory.
LC Classification Number
GV991.4
Copyright Date
2016
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