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As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people--men, mostly--who live entirely within themselves. This is a condition that Frank himself aspires to. But at thirty-eight, he suffers from incurable dreaminess, occasional pounding of the heart, and the not-too-distant losses of a career, a son, and a marriage.
The Sportswriter: Bascombe Trilogy (1) Paperback – 13 June 1995. In this "powerful" blockbuster of a novel (The New York Times), the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day introduces his most beloved character, failed novelist turned sportswriter Frank Bascombe, during an Easter weekend, as he moves through the great losses of his ...
- Richard Ford
10 de nov. de 2010 · THE SPORTSWRITER is a literary, philosophical examination of four days in the life of Frank Bascombe, a nice, ordinary guy who lives in the fictional town of Haddam, New Jersey, about halfway between New York and Philadelphia. In about two weeks, on May 4, 1984, Frank will be 39 years old.
Richard Ford's The Sportswriter presents a convincing portrait of the American male. Most striking to this reviewer is the picture of men's response to strong emotions. The book describes a week at the end of a period of huge emotional upheaval in the life of Frank Bascombe, during which we learn of his "dreaminess," essentially a deferment of ...
16 de oct. de 2005 · The Sportswriter. Frank Bascombe is scrupulously out of touch with himself. Devastated by the death of his young son, divorced now from his wife, he is tiptoeing his way through bereavement, using work — he’s a magazine writer — to dislodge his grief, self-medicating with a strenuously pursued normalcy. In this beautifully calibrated book ...
21 de dic. de 2015 · He desperately wants to move beyond his past, but must first confront his perilous present. His struggle to do so makes him a great avatar of modern American existence: someone mired in the moment and trying to make the best of things. The power of The Sportswriter is rooted in Ford’s skillful depiction of Frank’s interior life. Whether ...
ISBN13: 9780679762102. Release Date: June 1995. Publisher: Vintage. Length: 384 Pages. Weight: 0.75 lbs. Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.9". Buy a cheap copy of The Sportswriter book by Richard Ford. In this powerful blockbuster of a novel (The New York Times), the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day introduces his most beloved ...
