A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke - Rilegato

Reng, Ronald

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ISBN 10: 0224091654 ISBN 13: 9780224091657

Casa editrice: Yellow Jersey, 2011

Riassunto

Why does an international footballer with the World at his feet decide to take his own life?

On 10 November 2009 the German national goalkeeper, Robert Enke, stepped in front of a passing train. He was thirty two years old.

Viewed from the outside, Enke had it all. Here was a professional goalkeeper who had played for a string of Europe's top clubs including Jose Mourinho's Benfica and Louis Van Gaal's Barcelona. Enke was destined to be his country's first choice for years to come. But beneath the bright veneer of success lay a darker story.

In A Life Too Short, award-winning writer Ronald Reng pieces together the puzzle of his lost friend's life. Reng brings into sharp relief the specific demands and fears faced by those who play top-level sport. Heartfelt, but never sentimental he tells the universal tragedy of a talented man's struggles against his own demons.

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Recensione:

"An intensely moving book that transcends football" (Raphael Honigstein, Guardian)

"Deeply affecting" (Ian Hawkey Sunday Times)

"A tragic book, but a brilliant one. Reng's is one of the best sports books to have been published in years" (Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung)

"This is a powerful book which transcends football." (Sport Magazine)

"Deeply affecting" (Matt Dickinson The Times)

Descrizione del libro:

Winner of the 2011 William Hill Sports Book of the Year. The biography of Robert Enke, the German goalkeeper who took his own life.

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• Editore: Yellow Jersey
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0224091654
• ISBN 13: 9780224091657
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 400