Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Wallace, David Foster (1962-2008)
Titre(s) : String theory [Texte imprimé] : David Foster Wallace on tennis / introduction by John Jeremiah Sullivan
Publication : New York : Library of America, copyright 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-138 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : "A Library of America special publication.". - Includes bibliographical references
Collects essays about tennis in which the author challenges the sports memoir genre,
profiles two of the world's greatest players, and shares his own experiences in his
youth as a regionally ranked tennis player
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Sullivan, John Jeremiah (1974-....). Préfacier
Sujet(s) : Tennis
Genre ou forme : Autobiographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1598534807. - ISBN 9781598534801 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45646306c
Notice n° :
FRBNF45646306
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Derivative sport in tornado alley ; How Tracy Austin broke my heart ; Tennis player
Michael Joyce's professional artistry as a paradigm of certain stuff about choice,
freedom, limitation, joy, grotesquerie, and human completeness ; Democracy and commerce
at the U.S. Open ; Federer both flesh and not.