The Art Of Fielding : A Novel

Description: A disastrous error on the field sends five lives into a tailspin in this widely acclaimed tale about love life and baseball praised by the New York Times as "wonderful. a novel that is every bit as entertaining as it is affecting." Named one of the year's best books by the New York Times NPR The New Yorker Los Angeles Times Washington Post Wall Street Journal Christian Science Monitor Bloomberg Kansas City Star Richmond Times - Dispatch and Time Out New York. At Westish College a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course the fates of five people are upended. Henry's fight against self - doubt threatens to ruin his future. College president Guert Affenlight a longtime bachelor has fallen unexpectedly and helplessly in love. Owen Dunne Henry's gay roommate and teammate becomes caught up in a dangerous affair. Mike Schwartz the Harpooners team captain and Henry's best friend realizes he has guided Henry's career at the expense of his own. And Pella Affenlight Guert's daughter returns to Westish after escaping an ill - fated marriage determined to start a new life. As the season counts down to its climactic final game these five are forced to confront their deepest hopes anxieties and secrets. In the process they forge new bonds and help one another find their true paths. Written with boundless intelligence and filled with the tenderness of youth The Art of Fielding is an expansive warmhearted novel about ambition and its limits about family and friendship and love and about commitment - - to oneself and to others. " First novels this complete and consuming come along very very seldom." - - Jonathan Franzen
Title: The Art Of Fielding : A Novel
Barcode: 9780316126670
Pages: 544 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/1/2012