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13 de jun. de 1995 · 内容简介 · · · · · ·. 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 ...
The Sportswriter. “Now this is one minute to tell, Frank. Just while we’re standing here. See now, some boys and I are starting up a mink ranch right down in south Memphis, Frank. It’s always been my dream, for some damn reason.”. Fincher smiles at me in stupid self-amazement. He is picturing his stupid farm at this moment, I can tell ...
6 de oct. de 2016 · In his third novel, The Sportswriter, Richard Ford writes, “For your life to be worth anything you must sooner or later face the possibility of terrible, searing regret. Though you must also ...
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 ...
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8 de ene. de 2010 · 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 ...
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 ...
