UID:
kobvindex_ZLB34022369
Edition:
Unabridged
ISBN:
9780241973097
Content:
" Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Fever Pitch , by Nick Hornby read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. As a young boy, growing up in the Home Counties and watching his parents' marriage fall apart, Nick Hornby had little sense of home. Then his dad took him to Highbury. Arsenal's football ground would become the source of many of the strongest feelings he'd ever have: joy, humiliation, heartbreak, frustration and hope. In this now-classic book, he vividly depicts his troubled relationship with his father, his time as a teacher, and his first loves (after football), all through the prism of the game, as he insightfully and brilliantly explores obsession, and the way it can shape a life."
Content:
Rezension(1): "Nick Hornby is the author of six bestselling novels (High Fidelity, About a Boy, How To Be Good, A Long Way Down, Juliet, Naked and Funny Girl), as well as a novel for young adults, Slam, and four works of acclaimed non-fiction: Fever Pitch, 31 Songs, The Complete Polysyllabic Spree and Stuff I've Been Reading. He has written the screenplays for the films Fever Pitch, Wild, Brooklyn and An Education, which was nominated for an Oscar. He lives in Highbury, north London." Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: May 30, 1994 Brought to print to take advantage of America', presumed fascination with the ',4 World Cup (the first ever held here), Fever Pitch is a 24-year obsessional diary of English club football (soccer, to us Americans) games Hornby has witnessed and the way these games have become inextricable from his personal life. Hornby is the kind of fanatic who merely shrugs about the ``tyranny',#39,the sport exerts over his life--the mumbled excuses he must give at every missed christening or birthday party as a result of a schedule conflict. ``Sometimes hurting someone,',#39,he writes, ``is unavoidable.',#39,These occasions tend to bring out ``disappointment and tired impatience',#39,in his friends and family, but it is when he is exposed as a ``worthless, shallow worm',#39,that the similarly stricken reader can relate to the high costs of caring deeply about a game that means nothing to one', more well-adjusted friends. These moments are fleeting, however. The book has not been tailored for American audiences, so readers lacking a knowledge of English club football', rules, traditions, history and players will be left completely in the dark by Hornby', obscure references. Unfortunately, he has neither Roger Angell', ability to take us inside the game nor the pathos of Frederick Exley', brilliantly disturbed autobiographical trilogy. Though Hornby does show flashes of real humor, Fever Pitch features mainly pedestrian insights on life and sport, and then it', on to the next game--the equivalent, for an American reader, of a nil-nil tie. Author appearances. " Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com target=_blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/audiofile_logo.jpg alt=AudioFile Magazine border=0 /〉〈/a〉:Ever wonder about obsessions with sports? Nick Hornby explores the origins of his lifelong passion and obsession with English football (American soccer) from childhood to the present. Best of all, Julian Rhind-Tutt's narration shows HIS total involvement with the sport, or at least a passing interest. He never stumbles over names or hesitates to describe the games in minute, vivid details. Rhind-Tutt's crisp British accent adds to the highly descriptive sports language, replete with British slang and expletives. Written as a diary announcing the game and its location, FEVER PITCH may absorb the sports enthusiast,Rhind-Tutt certainly does. M.B.K. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine"
Language:
English
URL:
https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0290-1/2188885-FeverPitch.mp3
URL:
https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6FB4A3F4-2284-40EE-90C2-DE2184587040&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
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http://voebb.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=6FB4A3F4-2284-40EE-90C2-DE2184587040
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