
On Tennis
Five Essays
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Robert Petkoff
From the author of Infinite Jest and Consider the Lobster: A collection of five brilliant essays on tennis, from the author's own experience as a junior player to his celebrated profile of Roger Federer at the peak of his powers.
A "long-time rabid fan of tennis," and a regionally ranked tennis player in his youth, David Foster Wallace wrote about the game like no one else. On Tennis presents David Foster Wallace's five essays on the sport, published between 1990 and 2006, and hailed as some of the greatest and most innovative sports writing of our time.
This lively and entertaining collection begins with Wallace's own experience as a prodigious tennis player ("Derivative Sport in Tornado Alley"). He also challenges the sports memoir genre ("How Tracy Austen Broke My Heart"), takes us to the US Open ("Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open"), and profiles of two of the world's greatest tennis players ("Tennis Player Michael Joyce's Professional Artistry as a Paradigm of Certain Stuff About Choice, Freedom, Limitation, Joy, Grotesquerie, and Human Completeness" and "Federer Both Flesh and Not").
With infectious enthusiasm and enormous heart, Wallace's writing shows us the beauty, complexity, and brilliance of the game he loved best.
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Where does On Tennis rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Best so far. But to be honest I've only read (listened) to three.Who was your favorite character and why?
The author is my favorite character because he is both informative, entertaining, and insightful. Okay, that's three, but still, it's a treat of a book for anyone remotely interested in tennis.Have you listened to any of Robert Petkoff’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
The narrator rocks.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Laugh out loud funny. And often.Read This Book
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He got it!
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Worth re-reading!
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Pro Tennis in a nutshell
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A must have for tennis enthusiasts
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Wonderful tennis stories..
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Captures all that makes tennis magical & artistic
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Even if you have never played, or even seen a tennis match, this ride is well worth the price of a ticket.
Why Tennis?
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A great writer at his best
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It is refreshing to listen to someone who truly loves and appreciates an activity as much as David does with tennis.
What makes this book exceptional is the inspiration you can get when you go "all in" with something in life.
David played tennis, watched tennis, followed tennis, wrote about tennis and philosophized about tennis.
My take away from this book is to focus on the activities in my life I love and develop mastery with them, but have a sense of realism about my abilities.
For the love of tennis
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