The Hero's Body
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Productomschrijving
The Hero's Body is a memoir of what it means to be a man in modern America.
At just forty-seven years old, William Giraldi's father was killed in a horrific motorcycle accident. Writing here with searing honesty about grief, obsession, shame and identity, he looks back on three generations of men from the blue-collar town of Manville, New Jersey, and tells their stories in tandem: the speed-crazed cult of his father's 'superbikes', each Sunday spent racing fate along the winding back roads of Pennsylvania; the trauma of a son's ultimate loss, and William's attempts to rebuild a self in the manliest costume he knew. For a teen consumed by hardcore bodybuilding, pumping iron was so much more than a sport-it was a hallowed lifeline for a bookish tenth-grader, a way to forge himself a spot amongst his family's imperious patriarchs.
A work of lasting literary beauty, lauded by the New Yorker for its 'unrelenting, perfectly paced prose', The Hero's Body is a tale of the working-class male, the codes of machismo and the unspoken bond between father and son.
Inhoud
| Taal | en |
| Bindwijze | Paperback |
| Oorspronkelijke releasedatum | 23 augustus 2017 |
| Aantal pagina's | 320 |
| Illustraties | Nee |
Betrokkenen
| Hoofdauteur | William Giraldi |
| Hoofduitgeverij | No Exit Press |
Overige kenmerken
| Product breedte | 129 mm |
| Product lengte | 198 mm |
| Studieboek | Nee |
| Verpakking breedte | 128 mm |
| Verpakking hoogte | 23 mm |
| Verpakking lengte | 198 mm |
| Verpakkingsgewicht | 485 g |
EAN
| EAN | 9780857301086 |
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