The Sportswriter
by:
Richard Ford (author)
Richard Ford won the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for his modern classic Independence Day. 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...
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Richard Ford won the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for his modern classic Independence Day. 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 drifts into and out of various relationships, but retains an introspective eye that allows him to transcend life's obstacles.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780394743257 (0394743253)
Publish date: June 13th 1995
Publisher: Vintage Books
Pages no: 375
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
American Fiction,
Sports And Games,
Sports
Series: Frank Bascombe (#1)
First time I read one of Richard Ford's novels and I have to say that I was pretty amazed by his prose. I wouldn't describe it as an "easy" one since it took me approx.3 weeks to finish it, however I enjoyed every single page. It dealt with rather depressing issues as the hero’s’ big or little trage...
The Sportswriter by Richard Ford chronicles an Easter Weekend in the life of Frank Bascombe, a failed novelist turned sportswriter. Ford’s breakout third novel grapples with the themes of grief, a failed career, and unhealthy relationships. Bascombe’s story is told in the first person and you get...
“Mystery is the attractive condition a thing (an object, an action, a person) possesses which you know a little about but don’t know about completely. It is the twiney promise of unknown things (effects, interworkings, suspicions) which you must be wise enough to explore not too deeply, for fear you...
Frank Bascombe published a book once. He just never got around to writing another, veering off into the world of sportswriting. The Sportwriter shows us a week in Frank’s life in which he confronts the choices he has made as parts of his life are pared away and we are shown what has already been cut...
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