Futebol

The Brazilian Way of Life - Updated Edition

Alex Bellos (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

472 Seiten

2014
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-1-4088-5416-7 (ISBN)

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The Brazilian football team is one of the wonders of the modern world and legendary names like Pelé, Garrincha and Ronaldo inspire awe in football-lovers everywhere. But in Latin America’s largest country, football also symbolises racial harmony, the madness of love and the flamboyance of youth – it’s a sport that expresses the identity of a nation.

This edition of a book that is now a modern classic, updated to coincide with the 2014 World Cup, explores what makes Brazil the ‘football country’ it is. From the Amazonian jungle to the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Alex Bellos weaves a golden-yellow tapestry of stories of great names, great teams and great matches. Mixing fact with local legend, history and myth, in Futebol he uncovers what makes football the Brazilian way of life.

Alex Bellos has a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford University. He has worked for the Guardian in London and Rio de Janeiro, where he was the paper's foreign correspondent. In 2006 he ghostwrote Pelé's autobiography, which was a number one bestseller, and he is also the author of the bestselling Alex's Adventures in Numberland. @alexbellos www.alexbellos.com

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.4.2014
Zusatzinfo	2 x 12 page colour plates
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball
ISBN-10	1-4088-5416-3 / 1408854163
ISBN-13	978-1-4088-5416-7 / 9781408854167
Zustand	Neuware