| Title | : | The Essential W. P. Kinsella |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.76 (144 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1616961872 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-17 |
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This career retrospective celebrates the 80th birthday of baseball's greatest scribe, W. P. Kinsella (Shoeless Joe), as well as the 25th anniversary of Field of Dreams, the film that he inspired.
In addition to his classic baseball tales, W. P. Kinsella is also a critically-acclaimed short fiction writer. His satiric wit has been celebrated with numerous honors, including the Order of British Columbia.
Here are his notorious First Nation narratives of indigenous Canadians, and a literary homage to J. D. Salinger. Alongside the "real" story of the 1951 Giants and the afterlife of Roberto Clemente, are the legends of a pirated radio station and a hockey game rigged by tribal magic.
Eclectic, dark, and comedic by turns, The Essential W. P. Kinsella is a living tribute to an extraordinary raconteur.
Editorial : Praise for The Essential W. P. Kinsella
STAR The career of the incomparable Kinsella (Shoeless Joe) is beautifully represented by these 31 short stories, including, of course, Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa,” the haunting tale of a baseball fan’s obsession with a long-dead star that was developed into a bestselling novel and then the film Field of Dreams. Other charming baseball fantasies include The Night Manny Mota Tied the Record,” in which a fan agrees to sacrifice himself to bring back the recently dead Yankees star Thurman Munson, and Searching for January,” which concerns an encounter with the deceased Roberto Clemente. Alongside these stories are several more realistic and mostly gentle satires, such as The Fog,” that present the escapades of several indefatigable members of Canada’s First Nations. The Grecian Urn” concerns a couple who can inhabit the interior worlds of great works of art
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