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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.
6 de dic. de 2023 · Here’s a look at the day-to-day duties of a writer assigned to a team beat. Attend sporting events, including travel to away games. Attend all coach press conferences and practices where there is media availability. Attend sporting events, including travel to away games. In addition to game recap stories, beat writers are often asked to file ...
Characters Discussed. Frank Bascombe. Frank Bascombe, a thirty-eight-year-old divorced man who, twelve years earlier, turned his back on a promising literary career to become a sportswriter for a ...
7 de ago. de 2006 · In the course of this Easter weekend, Frank will lose all the remnants of his familiar life, though he will emerge heroic with spirits soaring. This is a magnificent novel that propelled Richard Ford into the first rank of American writers. Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. ISBN: 9780747585176. Number of pages: 384. Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm.
About this audiobook. Richard Ford won the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for his modern classic Independence Day (C2951). In this first volume of his Frank Bascombe trilogy, Bascombe is a sportswriter attempting to cope with his failed marriage and the death of his son. Unable to establish true connections with people, Bascombe ...
24 de nov. de 2014 · Frank Bascombe’s Seafaring Foil. By Jon Michaud. November 24, 2014. At first glance, Richard Ford’s Frank Bascombe book “The Sportswriter” seems to have nothing in common with the sailing ...
1 de ene. de 1995 · Richard Ford. Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land and Let Me Be Frank with You as well as the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories.
- Richard Ford
