Hoop Roots - Rilegato

Wideman, John Edgar

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ISBN 10: 0395857317 ISBN 13: 9780395857311

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001

Riassunto

In a stunning new memoir, the author of Brothers and Keepers reflects on the meaning of basketball in his life, describes growing up in his grandparents' home in Pittsburgh, and discusses the cultural implications of basketball for African Americans in general. 20,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"brilliant tribute to basketball, survival and families. . .as exhilarating as a few fast and furious hours on the court." Publishers Weekly

"A creative, rambling bland of memoir, fiction, and essay." Kirkus Reviews

"Reading Wideman is like listening to John Coltrane. Like 'Trane, Wideman is challenging, furious, confounding, and healing." Boston Globe

"Buried at various depths in Hoop Roots are love letters to basketball, his family, his youth and his race." The San Francisco Chronicle

"...dazzling and confounding for all the usual Wideman reasons. Breathtaking insight. And Missing verbs. Memorable flights of literary fancy." The San Diego Union-Tribune

"Playground anecdotes are expertly told, from no-look, alley-oop passes to standing on the court, hearing the teaching voices of the players.." The Denver Post

"An unconventional memoir, Hoop Roots is at times evocative and provocative, bristling with intensely personal revelations." The Baltimore Sun

L'autore:

John Edgar Wideman won the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1984 for Sent for You Yesterday and in 1990 for Philadelphia Fire. His second memoir, Fatheralong, was a finalist for the National Book Award. His most recent books are Hoop Roots and The Island: Martinique. He teaches at Brown University.

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0395857317
• ISBN 13: 9780395857311
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 242