Автор: Phillips, Caryl Название: A View of the Empire at Sunset ISBN: 1784709018 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784709013 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1319.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In the heart of London`s Bloomsbury, Gwendolen - not yet truly famous as the writer `Jean Rhys` - is presented with the opportunity she has been waiting for. But this visit home compels her to reflect on the events of her past, and on what they may mean for her future.
Автор: Phillips, Caryl Название: The right set ISBN: 0375706461 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780375706462 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1559.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: From stately lawns and gentlemen players to Andre Agassi and Venus Williams: 65 great writings on tennis that chronicle the transformation of the sport. Since its inception, tennis has embraced traditions more patrician than plebeian. But times--and tennis--have changed. The game once reserved for royalty has moved from estate lawns to the concrete courts of the city. Old guard amateurs have given way to prodigies plastered with corporate logos. And while barriers of gender, race, and class have been shattered, the modern plagues of self-promotion, the paparazzi, and challengers of ever-escalating talent loom large. In The Right Set, award-winning novelist and editor Caryl Phillips presents a collection of writings on the remarkable evolution of a gentleman's pastime into a sport of jet-set players of athletic and psychological genius. Here are the stories of champions, from the Renshaw twins to "ghetto Cinderella" Venus Williams. Here, too, are volleys between tradition and innovation--debates on everything from etiquette and earnings to Andr Agassi's rejection of the customary tennis whites. Insightful, informative, wonderfully entertaining, The Right Set is as colorful and surprising as the game itself. John McPhee on Ashe vs. Graebner David Higdon on Venus Williams James Thurber on Helen Wills Martina Navratilova on Bad Losers Martin Amis on Smashing the Rackets and more
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