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Informationen zum Autor John Turnbull is a freelance writer on soccer and an editorial consultant. He maintains www.theglobalgame.com, a soccer Web site with an accent on women's soccer, media, and culture. Translator and author Thom Satterlee is associate professor of English at Taylor University. Alon Raab is a lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Davis, and the author of articles, reviews, and interviews. Contributors: Rafael Alberti, Eduard Bass, Nalinaksha Bhattacharya, Hebe de Bonafini, Lawrence Cann, Bridget Carson, Hernán Casciari, Elvis Costello, Edilberto Coutinho, Erik Eggers, Friedrich Christian Delius, György Dragomán, Philippe Dubath, Álvaro Enrigue, Eduardo Galeano, Günter Grass, Einar Már Guðmundsson, William Heyen, Miroslav Holub, Ted Hughes, Ian Jack, Elísabet Jökulsdóttir, Ephraim Kishon, Simon Kuper, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Driton Latifi, Donna J. Gelagotis Lee, Mario Vargas Llosa, Subcomandante Marcos, Javier Marías, Andrew Marshall, Stanley Matthews, Christopher Merrill, Mássimo Moratti, Lady Murasaki, Mark Nuttall, Giovanna Pollarolo, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Paul Richards, Klaus Rifbjerg, Nelson Rodrigues, María Graciela Rodríguez, Umberto Saba, Matilde Sánchez, Thom Satterlee, Rogelio Ramos Signes, Charles Simic, Antonio Skármeta, Osvaldo Soriano, David Starkey, Gay Talese, Crispin Thomas, Bea Vidacs, Luiz Vilela, Sarah Wardle, Ch'ao Yueh-chih, and Uroš Zupan. Klappentext The world's most popular sport, soccer, is also one of the planet's prevalent cultural expressions, celebrated and debated as an art form, observed with ritual and passion. Thus it has inspired literary efforts of every sort, from every corner of the globe, by women and men. The writings gathered in this volume reflect the universal and infinitely varied ways in which soccer connects with human experience. Poetry and prose from Ted Hughes, Charles Simic, Eduardo Galeano, Gunter Grass, Giovanna Pollarolo, 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature Winner Mario Vargas Llosa, and Elvis Costello--to name but a few--take us to a dizzying array of cultures and climes. From a patch of ground in Missoula, Montana, to a clearing in a Kosovo forest, from the stadiums of Burma and Iran to the northern lights over Greenland to remotest Sierra Leone, these writers show us soccer's stars and fans, politics and rituals, as well as the game's power to encourage resistance, inspire faith, and build community. Zusammenfassung Reflects the universal and infinitely varied ways in which soccer connects with human experience. This book shows readers soccer's stars and fans! politics and rituals! as well as the game's power to encourage resistance! inspire faith! and build community. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Note to Readers Part 1. SpaceIntroduction 1. The Orb Klaus Rifbjerg2. The Origins Eduardo Galeano3. Hem and Football Nalinaksha Bhattacharya4. The Daily Life of Cameroonian Football Bea Vidacs5. The Soccer Moms--1996 David Starkey6. Atiguibas Julio Ramón Ribeyro7. Why Eleven of All Numbers? Football between Carnival and Freemasonry Erik Eggers8. Klapzuba's Eleven Eduard Bass9. Holland, a Country of Clubs Simon Kuper10. Readymade Álvaro Enrigue11. Soccer Fields, Fort Missoula Bridget Carson12. "Get Him a Body Bag!" (A Brief, Enthusiastic Account) María Graciela RodríguezPart 2. ImprovisationIntroduction 13. Young Shoots Lady Murasaki14. A Boy Juggling a Soccer Ball Christopher Merrill15. Fallen from the Sky Javier Marías16. Combing Over History Stanley Matthews17. Encomiastic Arts of Our National Gamesmen Antonio Skármeta18. The Longest Penalty Ever Osvaldo Soriano19. Fretting While the Scarlet Tide Make History Elvis Costello20. Streaker Disrupts Iceland vs. Albania Einar Már Gumu...
