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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Nice book covering all the participants in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. ( ) After hearing an interview on NPR's Only a Game with Matt Weiland, co-editor of The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup, I had to pick it up. It is a collection of facts on the World Cup and 32 countries appearing in 2006, but more importantly it offers 32 essays written by a variety of writers (including Nick Hornby), each essay dealing with some aspect of one of the 32 countries. The interview was full of joy and enthusiasm, and the book reflects the same. Just hearing how Roddy Doyle almost was one of the featured authors - and how he eventually turned down participating brought a smile and laugh. In many ways it can be seen as a book about obsessive passion - as the World Cup illustrates every four years. The essays, though, are far ranging - from personal reflections to lessons in history and politics of countries which look to sport as a symbol for a different path. An excellent book for soccer fan and soccer bystander alike. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup features original pieces by thirty-two leading writers and journalists about the thirty-two nations that have qualified for the world's greatest sporting event. In addition to all the essential information any fan needs--the complete 2006 match schedule, results from past tournaments, facts and figures about the nations, players, teams, and referees--here are essays that shine a whole new light on soccer and the world. Former Foreign Minister of Mexico Jorge G. Castañeda invites George W. Bush to watch a game. Novelist Robert Coover remembers soccer in Spain after the death of General Francisco Franco. Dave Eggers on America, and the gym teachers who kept it free from communism. Time magazine's Tokyo bureau chief Jim Frederick shows how soccer is displacing baseball in Japan. Novelist Aleksandar Hemon proves, once and for all, that sex and soccer do not mix. Novelist John Lanchester describes the indescribable: the beauty of Brazilian soccer. The New Yorker's Cressida Leyshon on Trinidad and Tobago, 750-1 underdogs. Fever Pitch author Nick Hornby on the conflicting call of club and country. Plus an afterword by Franklin Foer on the form of government most likely to win the World Cup. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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