| The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey Contributor(s): Phillips, Rowan Ricarod (Author), Nixon, Leon (Narrated by) |
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ISBN: 1494536757 ISBN-13: 9781494536756 Publisher: Tantor Audio
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2019 * Out of Print * |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Tennis |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.5" W x 5.5" L (0.40 lbs) |
| Features: Price on Product, Unabridged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An energetic, lyrical, genre-defying account of the 2017 tennis season. In The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey, the award-winning poet-and Paris Review sports columnist-Rowan Ricardo Phillips chronicles 2017 as seen through the unique prism of its pivotal, revelatory, and historic tennis season. The annual tennis schedule is a rarity in professional sports in that it encapsulates the calendar year. And like the year, it's divided into four seasons, each marked by a final tournament: the Grand Slams. Phillips charts the year from winter's Australian Open, where Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal renewed their rivalry in a match for the ages, to fall's U.S. Open. Along the way, Phillips paints a new, vibrant portrait of tennis, one that captures not only the emotions, nerves, and ruthless tactics of the point-by-point game but also the quicksilver movement of victory and defeat on the tour, placing that sense of upheaval within a broader cultural and social context. Tennis has long been thought of as an escapist spectacle: a bucolic, separate bauble of life. The Circuit will convince you that you don't leave the world behind as you watch tennis-you bring it with you. |
Contributor Bio(s): Phillips, Rowan Ricarod: - Rowan Ricardo Phillips is the author of Heaven and The Ground. He is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award, and the GLCA New Writers Award for Poetry, and of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in New York City.Nixon, Leon: - Leon Nixon is a professional actor, playwright, and filmmaker. A Los Angeles native, he has performed in short films, web series, and on stage in dramatic and comedic roles. |
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