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The Last Days of Roger Federer
And Other Endings
Langbeschreibung
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKIn this endlessly stimulating investigation into ?things coming to an end, artists' last works, time running out', Geoff Dyer sets his own encounter with late middle age against the last days and last achievements of writers, painters, athletes and musicians who've mattered to him throughout his life. He examines Friedrich Nietzsche's breakdown in Turin, Bob Dylan's reinventions of old songs, Beethoven's final quartets and much more.
Geoff Dyer is an award-winning author of four novels and numerous non-fiction books, including Out of Sheer Rage, Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It, Zona and, most recently, See/Saw. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science, Dyer lives in Los Angeles, where he is Writer in Residence at the University of Southern California. His books have been translated into twenty-four languages.
ISBN-13:
9781838855772
Veröffentl:
2023
Erscheinungsdatum:
04.05.2023
Seiten:
283
Autor:
Geoff Dyer
Gewicht:
208 g
Format:
194x126x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch