| | |  | Home Audio | Home » » » Tennis and the Meaning of Life: A Literary Anthology of the Game | | | | | | | Description: | | The only book of its kind, Tennis and the Meaning of Life is a resplendent collection of the best fiction (and poetry) written about this extraordinary sport/obsession. Contributors include Ellen Gilchrist, J.P. Donleavy, Barry Hannah, Ring Lardner, Somerset Maugham, William Trevor, E.B. White, Irwin Shaw, Wallace Stegner, and many others. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Jay Jennings | | Paperback:
| 420 pages | | Publisher:
| Harvest Books | | Publication Date:
| April 25, 1996 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0156004070 | | Package Length:
| 7.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.35 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.18 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.88 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
Average Customer Review:
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
John Feinstein ... eat your heart out!Aug 25, 2005
If you are a lover of the short story, even perhaps, a storyteller or writer yourself -- AND -- you are nuts about the game of tennis, then this book is probably the equal of such pleasures as sex, good scotch, and cigars combined.
After becoming happily tired from the work of the day, I allow my mind to sink into the literary construction of these fine stories, and identify with the familiar sentiments of the character players it contains. In addition, the second half of the book is comprised of some nifty tennis poetry. A solid buy.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
UsefullNov 21, 2000
I found this book, as an active tennis player, to be very insightfull and enightening. This book would be good for anyone tennis player or not. Lifes secrets are uncovered by using the maetaphor of tennis. All and all a very worth while book to read.
| | |
|
