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Playing in Time
Carlo Rotella
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Description for Playing in Time
Hardcover. From jazz fantasy camp to running a movie studio; from a fight between an old guy and a fat guy to a fear of clowns, this book delivers two dozen essays that revolve around the themes and obsessions that have characterized Rotella's writing from the start: boxing, music, writers, and cities. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DNF; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
From jazz fantasy camp to running a movie studio; from a fight between an old guy and a fat guy to a fear of clowns - Carlo Rotella's "Playing in Time" delivers good stories full of vivid characters, all told with the unique voice and humor that have garnered him devoted readers in the "New York Times Magazine", "Boston Globe", and "Washington Post Magazine", among others. The two dozen essays in "Playing in Time" revolve around the themes and obsessions that have characterized Rotella's writing from the start: boxing, music, writers, and cities. "Playing in time" refers to how people ... Read more
From jazz fantasy camp to running a movie studio; from a fight between an old guy and a fat guy to a fear of clowns - Carlo Rotella's "Playing in Time" delivers good stories full of vivid characters, all told with the unique voice and humor that have garnered him devoted readers in the "New York Times Magazine", "Boston Globe", and "Washington Post Magazine", among others. The two dozen essays in "Playing in Time" revolve around the themes and obsessions that have characterized Rotella's writing from the start: boxing, music, writers, and cities. "Playing in time" refers to how people ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226729091
SKU
V9780226729091
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99-1
About Carlo Rotella
Carlo Rotella is the author of Good with Their Hands: Boxers, Bluesmen, and Other Characters from the Rust Belt and Cut Time: An Education at the Fights, among other books. He writes regularly for the New York Times Magazine, Washington Post Magazine, and Boston Globe, and he is a commentator for WGBH FM in Boston.
Reviews for Playing in Time
"Carlo Rotella is an old-fashioned journalist in the best sense of the term: he doesn't just visit the people and places he writes about, he inhabits them. His articles and essays are models of empathy and understanding. And because he is a man who appreciates craft - the craft of boxers, fencers, musicians, and clowns - his own work always ... Read more