Blade Runner - Brossura

Pistorius, Oscar

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ISBN 10: 0753540851 ISBN 13: 9780753540855

Casa editrice: Virgin Books, 2012

Riassunto

Blade Runner is the inspirational memoir of Oscar Pistorius. Discover his incredible, emotional journey from disabled toddler to international sports phenomenon.

At eleven months old, Oscar Pistorius had both his legs amputated below the knee. His mother wrote a letter to be read by Oscar when he was grown up: 'A loser is not one who runs last in the race. It is the one who sits and watches, and has never tried to run.'

On discovering that their son had been born with no fibulae, Oscar's parents made the difficult decision to have both his legs amputated, giving him the best possible chance of a normal life. Oscar received his first pair of prosthetic legs at just seventeen months, made specifically for him. From then on he became invincible: running, climbing and, with the encouragement of his older brother, getting into any mischief he could.

Throughout the course of his life, Oscar has battled to overcome extraordinary difficulties to prove that, with the right attitude, anything is possible. Blade Runner charts the extraordinary development of one of the most gifted sportsmen and inspirational figures on the planet - from immobilised child to world-class sprinter.

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Recensione:

"This is a tale that needs to be told, a tale of love, death and massive determination." (Daily Mail)

"An extraordinary story." (Financial Times)

"An inspirational story - he's a walking, sprinting miracle." (The Scotsman)

Descrizione del libro:

The inspirational story of the first Paralympian to compete at the Olympic Games

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• Editore: Virgin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0753540851
• ISBN 13: 9780753540855
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224