Levels of the Game by John McPhee (English) Paperback Book

Description: Levels of the Game by John McPhee This account of a tennis match played by Arthur Ashe against Clark Graebner at Forest Hills in 1968 begins with the ball rising into the air for the initial serve and ends with the final point. McPhee provides a brilliant, stroke-by-stroke description while examining the backgrounds and attitudes which have molded the players' games. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Levels of the Game is John McPhees astonishing account of a tennis match played by Arthur Ashe against Clark Graebner at Forest Hills in 1968.It begins with the ball rising into the air for the initial serve and ends with the final point. McPhee provides a brilliant, stroke-by-stroke description while examining the backgrounds and attitudes which have molded the players games. "This may be the high point of American sports journalism"- Robert Lipsyte, The New York Times Author Biography John McPhee was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and was educated at Princeton University and Cambridge University. His writing career began at Time magazine and led to his long association with The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1965. Also in 1965, he published his first book, A Sense of Where You Are, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and in the years since, he has written nearly 30 books, including Oranges (1967), Coming into the Country (1977), The Control of Nature (1989), The Founding Fish (2002), Uncommon Carriers (2007), and Silk Parachute (2011). Encounters with the Archdruid (1972) and The Curve of Binding Energy (1974) were nominated for National Book Awards in the category of science. McPhee received the Award in Literature from the Academy of Arts and Letters in 1977. In 1999, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Annals of the Former World. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey. Review "This may be the high point of American sports journalism." --Robert Lipsyte, The New York Times "McPhee has produced what is probably the best tennis book ever written. On the surface it is a joint profile of . . . Arthur Ashe and Clark Graebner, but underneath it is considerably more--namely, a highly original way of looking at human behavoir . . . He proves his point with consummate skill and journalistic artistry. You are the way you play, he is saying. The court is life." --Donald Jackson, Life "John McPhees Levels of the Game . . . alternates between action on the court and interwoven profiles of the contestants. It is a remarkable performance--written with style, verve, insight and wit." --James W. Singer, Chicago Sun-Times Review Quote "This may be the high point of American sports journalism."-Robert Lipsyte,The New York Times "McPhee has produced what is probably the best tennis book ever written. On the surface it is a joint profile of . . . Arthur Ashe and Clark Graebner, but underneath it is considerably more-namely, a highly original way of looking at human behavoir . . . He proves his point with consummate skill and journalistic artistry. You are the way you play, he is saying. The court is life."-Donald Jackson,Life "John McPhees Levels of the Game . . . alternates between action on the court and interwoven profiles of the contestants. It is a remarkable performance-written with style, verve, insight and wit."-James W. Singer,Chicago Sun-Times Excerpt from Book Levels of the Game LEVELS OF THE GAME Arthur Ashe, his feet apart, his knees slightly bent, lifts a tennis ball into the air. The toss is high and forward. If the ball were allowed to drop, it would, in Ashes words, "make a parabola and drop to the grass three feet in front of the baseline." He has practiced tossing a tennis ball just so thousands of times. But he is going to hit this one. His feet draw together. His body straightens and tilts forward far beyond the point of balance. He is falling. The force of gravity and a muscular momentum from legs to arm compound as he whips his racquet up and over the ball. He weighs a hundred and fifty-five pounds; heis six feet tall, and right-handed. His build is barely full enough not to be describable as frail, but his co- Details ISBN0374515263 Author John McPhee Short Title LEVELS OF THE GAME Language English ISBN-10 0374515263 ISBN-13 9780374515263 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1979 Residence Princeton, NJ, US Birth 1954 Pages 160 Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux DOI 10.1604/9780374515263 Imprint Farrar, Straus and Giroux Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 1979-11-01 NZ Release Date 1979-11-01 US Release Date 1979-11-01 UK Release Date 1979-11-01 Publication Date 1979-11-01 DEWEY B Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:7181435;

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