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Golf Dreams : Writings on Golf by John Updike (1996, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679450580
ISBN-139780679450580
eBay Product ID (ePID)399768
Product Key Features
Book TitleGolf Dreams : Writings on Golf
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGolf
Publication Year1996
IllustratorYes
FeaturesLarge Type
GenreSports & Recreation
AuthorJohn Updike
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight12.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN96-004634
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"Limber and sprightly, unique, alive . . . Updike understands golf, keenly, and expresses his understanding with charm and beauty, in words as sturdy as Lee Trevino's stance."- Sports Illustrated "A book written under a clear blue sky with an utterly pure swing . . . Here, Updike waltzes about the heavens of Nabokov, in pure esthetic bliss. And here his transcendental agonies and anxieties fuse into split-second moments of impact that lift us from sand pit to rhapsody."- The Philadelphia Inquirer "[ Golf Dreams clears] the hazards with ease and grace. [Updike] is eloquent on the pleasures and frustrations of the game [and] even better at dramatizing its mysterious pull."- The New York Times, "Limber and sprightly, unique, alive . . . Updike understands golf, keenly, and expresses his understanding with charm and beauty, in words as sturdy as Lee Trevino's stance."-- Sports Illustrated "A book written under a clear blue sky with an utterly pure swing . . . Here, Updike waltzes about the heavens of Nabokov, in pure esthetic bliss. And here his transcendental agonies and anxieties fuse into split-second moments of impact that lift us from sand pit to rhapsody."-- The Philadelphia Inquirer "[ Golf Dreams clears] the hazards with ease and grace. [Updike] is eloquent on the pleasures and frustrations of the game [and] even better at dramatizing its mysterious pull."-- The New York Times
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Edition DescriptionLarge Type / large print edition
SynopsisMake it easy on yourself - read John Updike in Large Print * All Random House Large Print Editions are published in a 16-point typeGolf is neither work nor play, John Updike tells us: Golf is a trip.Golf has been the subject of many books and the province of many experts, but few have written as sympathetically, or as knowingly, about the peculiar charms of bad golf, and the satisfactions of an essentially losing struggle.John Updike has been writing about golf since he took the game up at the age of twenty-five. In the nearly forty years of pleasurable bafflement that have followed, he has composed essays for Golf Digest and short stories for The New Yorker concerning the sport.His memories, insights, and witty remarks make this a truly unique audiobook. John Updike will tell you, in his own voice and his own words, how he learned the game, plays the game, and loves the game., rare and wonderful coming together of author and subject, Golf Dreams includes 30 pieces by bestselling author John Updike, culled from various sources--The New Yorker, Golf Digest, and his own fiction--which knowingly cover everything from the peculiar charms of bad golf to the camaraderie of good golf and the perils of its present boom. Line drawings.
LC Classification NumberPS3571.P4G65 1996
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