The Master
Autor Christopher Clareyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 dec 2023
Imagineați-vă un adolescent cu părul vopsit într-un blond strident, gata să-și piardă cumpătul după fiecare punct ratat, transformându-se ulterior în simbolul absolut al grației și stăpânirii de sine pe terenul de tenis. The Master explorează tocmai acest paradox: cum un tânăr impulsiv a reușit, printr-un efort conștient de voință, să devină „Maestrul” care pare să sfideze legile fizicii și ale timpului. Considerăm că forța acestei biografii rezidă în accesul fără precedent pe care jurnalistul Christopher Clarey l-a avut la cercul intim al lui Federer, oferindu-ne o perspectivă care depășește simpla cronică sportivă.
Abordarea jurnalistică evocă rigoarea tehnică din Fedegraphica: A Graphic Biography of the Genius of Roger Federer, dar perspectiva lui Clarey este mult mai intimă, concentrându-se pe interviuri exclusive realizate de-a lungul a două decenii. Reținem că autorul nu se limitează la analiza meciurilor, ci călătorește din Elveția până în Africa de Sud pentru a înțelege rădăcinile caracterului lui Roger. În contextul operei sale, această lucrare reprezintă apogeul cercetărilor începute cu Roger Federer - Der Maestro, fiind completată recent de volumul The Warrior dedicat lui Rafael Nadal. Este fascinant să vedem cum rivalitatea dintre cei doi este nuanțată aici prin mărturiile directe ale lui Nadal și Djokovic, transformând biografia într-o istorie orală a epocii de aur a tenisului masculin. Stilul narativ este unul cinematic, purtând cititorul de la primul meci de Grand Slam al lui Federer la Paris până la momentele de vulnerabilitate din spatele culiselor, demonstrând că eleganța sa nu a fost un destin, ci o construcție laborioasă.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1538767368
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 139 x 206 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
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Recomandăm această biografie tuturor celor care doresc să înțeleagă psihologia din spatele excelenței durabile. Nu este doar o carte despre tenis, ci un studiu despre autodisciplină și reinventare. Cititorul câștigă acces în culisele circuitului ATP prin ochii unuia dintre cei mai respectați jurnaliști sportivi de la New York Times, descoperind omul din spatele mitului „RF”.
Descriere scurtă
There have been other biographies of Roger Federer, but never one with this kind of access to the man himself, his support team, and the most prominent figures in the game, including such rivals as Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Roddick. In The Master, New York Times correspondent Christopher Clarey sits down with Federer and those closest to him to tell the story of the greatest player in men's tennis.
Roger Federer has often made it look astonishingly easy through the decades: carving backhands, gliding to forehands, leaping for overheads and, in his most gravity-defying act, remaining high on a pedestal in a world of sports rightfully flooded with cynicism. But his path from temperamental, bleach-blond teenager with dubious style sense to one of the greatest, most self-possessed and elegant of competitors has been a long-running act of will, not destiny. He not only had a great gift. He had grit.
Christopher Clarey, one of the top international sportswriters working today, has covered Federer since the beginning of his professional career. He was in Paris on the Suzanne Lenglen Court for Federer's first Grand Slam match and has interviewed him exclusively more than any other journalist since his rise to prominence. Here, Clarey focuses on the pivotal people, places, and moments in Federer's long and rich career: reporting from South Africa, South America, the Middle East, four Grand Slam tournaments, and Federer's native Switzerland. It has been a journey like no other player's, rife with victories and a few crushing defeats, one that has redefined enduring excellence and made Federer a sentimental favorite worldwide.
The Master tells the story of Federer's life and career on both an intimate and grand scale, in a way no one else could possibly do.
Descriere
'Federer plays tennis like Michelangelo painted: every stroke is perfection, the end result a masterpiece. Christopher Clarey captured just that' Martina Navratilova
'A deep and enlightening view of Roger's life and career that sports fans will be parsing for decades'
Jim Courier
'Deeply reported and crisply written'
Wall Street Journal
THE NEWLY REVISED BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ICONIC ATHLETES
Widely regarded as one of the greatest ever sportspeople, Roger Federer made it look astonishingly easy to climb to the top of his sport in an era of brutal competition and deep cynicism. But his path from temperamental, bleach-blond teenager to one of the most elegant of competitors has been an act of will, not destiny. Federer not only had talent. He had grit.
Top international sportswriter Christopher Clarey was on court in Paris for Federer's Grand Slam debut and has interviewed him exclusively more than any other writer - with unique access to his inner circle including coaches and key competitors. Now updated after Federer's retirement, The Master is a thrilling portrait of the workings of unfaltering excellence.
Recenzii
Style married with substance. Heft married with levity. Polished, detail-oriented, executed with grace. Roger Federer gets the biography he deserves
Roger Federer plays tennis like Michelangelo painted: every stroke is perfection, the end result a masterpiece. Christopher Clarey captured just that
Christopher Clarey is a rare combination: the consummate insider with an objective lens. With THE MASTER, he delivers a deep and enlightening view of Roger's life and career that sports fans will be parsing for decades
An iconic master in his own field, Christopher Clarey is the perfect writer to wrap up the gift that is Roger Federer's career. You're not going to get a better look into his life, personality, and character. Christopher got close but not too close to Roger to compromise his perspective on this great champion. He shows sides and layers of Roger through conversations and stories that we have never been privy to before. I have deep respect for Christopher's fair and thoughtful journalism