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The Sportswriter is a 1986 novel by Richard Ford, and the first of five books of fiction to feature the protagonist Frank Bascombe. [1] In The Sportswriter, Bascombe is portrayed as a failed novelist turned sportswriter who undergoes an existential crisis following the death of his son.
1 de mar. de 1986 · Part of the Vintage Contemporaries Series, Richard Ford’s 1986 novel, The Sportswriter, is about a divorced 38-year old suburban New Jersey writer who lives out the American dream gone sour.
28 de ago. de 2020 · English. 375 pages ; 21 cm. At the beginning of his career, a young man gives up his chance to become a successful novelist in order to work as a sportswriter. "A Vintage original"--Title page verso. Access-restricted-item.
13 de jun. de 1995 · In this “powerful” blockbuster of a novel (The New York Times), the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day introduces his most beloved character, failed novelist turned sportswriter Frank Bascombe, during an Easter weekend, as he moves through the great losses of his life.
Frank Bascombe has a younger girlfriend and a job as a sportswriter. To many men of his age, thirty-eight, this would be a cause for optimism, yet Frank feels the pull of his inner despair and especially of his recent losses - his preferred career has ended, his wife has divorced him, and a tragic accident took his elder son.
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12 de feb. de 1986 · THE SPORTSWRITER is a literary, philosophical examination of four days in the life of Frank Bascombe, a nice, ordinary guy who lives in the fictional town of Haddam, New Jersey, about halfway between New York and Philadelphia. In about two weeks, on May 4, 1984, Frank will be 39 years old.
