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Cut Time
Carlo Rotella
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Description for Cut Time
Paperback. Chronicles the author's immersion in the fight world, from the brutal classroom of the gym to the spectacle of fight night. An award-winning writer and ringside veteran, he unearths the hidden wisdom in any kind of fight, from barroom brawl to HBO extravaganza. In this book he makes the fight world relevant to us, whether we're fans or not. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: WSTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
Boxing is not just fighting," writes Carlo Rotella. "It is also training and living right and preparing to go the distance in the broadest sense of the phrase, a relentless managing of self that anyone who gets truly old must learn." Rotella's "Cut Time" chronicles his immersion in the fight world, from the brutal classroom of the gym to the spectacle of fight night. An award-winning writer and ringside veteran, Rotella unearths the hidden wisdom in any kind of fight, from barroom brawl to HBO extravaganza. Tracing the consequences of hurt and craft, the two central facts of boxing, Rotella ... Read more
Boxing is not just fighting," writes Carlo Rotella. "It is also training and living right and preparing to go the distance in the broadest sense of the phrase, a relentless managing of self that anyone who gets truly old must learn." Rotella's "Cut Time" chronicles his immersion in the fight world, from the brutal classroom of the gym to the spectacle of fight night. An award-winning writer and ringside veteran, Rotella unearths the hidden wisdom in any kind of fight, from barroom brawl to HBO extravaganza. Tracing the consequences of hurt and craft, the two central facts of boxing, Rotella ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226725567
SKU
V9780226725567
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About Carlo Rotella
Carlo Rotella is professor of English and director of the American Studies Program at Boston College. He is the author of Good with Their Hands: Boxers, Bluesmen, and Other Characters from the Rust Bell and October Cities: The Redevelopment of Urban Literature. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post Magazine, Harper's, and the American Scholar, which named one of ... Read more
Reviews for Cut Time
"Cut Time should be read not just by fight aficionados but also by fans of intelligent nonfiction writing.... An absorbing read." - Sports Illustrated "Just when you think it's all been written, a good writer takes a shining new look at an old subject and breathes life into it.... Rotella has preserved the blow-by-blow and the grandeur of another age ... Read more