Tennis and the Meaning of Life

A Literary Anthology of the Game

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

1999
The Lyons Press (Verlag)
978-1-55821-378-4 (ISBN)

Titel ist leider vergriffen;
keine Neuauflage

Artikel merken

Everyone who thrills to a good match and delights in good writing will love this dazzling anthology of the best tennis ever played in literature. If any sport is a metaphor for our complicated human existence, tennis is. The cumulative effect of these stories is to see life through tennis, and to see tennis itself portrayed more beautifully than ever before.

The only book of its kind, Tennis and the Meaning of Life is a resplendent collection of the best fiction (and poetry!) written about this extraordinary sport/obsession. The stories are hilarious and sad, whimsical and philosophical, lyrical and profane - and thoroughly saturated with the art of the game. Fathers play against sons. Business partners attempt mutual destruction by tennis. An amateur challenges the local pro. Humbert Humbert rhapsodizes about Lolita's heartbreakingly beautiful game. Tennis is played by telegraph. Tennis saves a life or two. The metaphysics of tennis balls is debated. Lovers cavort in a commingling of tennis and desire.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.1999
Verlagsort	Guilford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tennis
ISBN-10	1-55821-378-3 / 1558213783
ISBN-13	978-1-55821-378-4 / 9781558213784
Zustand	Neuware