Messi: Lessons in Style by Jordi Punti

Messi: Lessons in Style by Jordi Punti

Since landing in the FC Barcelona youth academy at the age of thirteen, Lionel Messi has demonstrated an innate and awe-inspiring talent for football – in the process creating a sort of poetry in the game For so many fans around the globe, watching Messi play has brought great happiness – to nobody more than Catalan writer and pundit Jordi Puntí. In 22 short essays, Puntí explores the beauty, the hunger, the genius and the obsession of Messi – he takes us from the near-mythical scenery of a South American footballing youth, where the world is “an infinite football pitch”, to the glory and the struggle of a life on the international stage.

"Reading this playful portrait of Leo Messi reminded me how extraordinary every minute was that I spent by his side.." Pep Guardiola "There’s nobody better to write this book - which doesn’t aim to explain Messi but to enjoy him... A joyous read." Simon Kuper, Co-author of Soccernomics -- "A spellbinding, joyous, intoxicating ode to Lionel Messi." Ray Hudson, La Liga commentator "Puntí is one of the greatest Catalan writers and with this book he is at the height of his talents." El País "A portrait of Messi that captures his greatness.” Revista Detour "An intelligent book… A triumph of good literary journalism." La Vanguardia

Jordi Punti was born in Manlleu, near Barcelona, and is a fiction writer and regular contributor to the Spanish and Catalan press. He was also a contributor at The FIFA Weekly. He has won numerous literary awards and his works have been translated into more than 15 languages. His first novel to be translated into English, Lost Luggage (Short Books), was released in 2013, and his new collection of short stories, This is Not America, will be published in the US in 2019.

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ISBN 13	9781780723730
ISBN 10	1780723733
Titre	Messi: Lessons in Style
Auteur	Jordi Punti
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	Octopus Publishing Group
Année de publication	2018-10-04
Nombre de pages	208
Prix	Short-listed for The Telegraph Sports Book of the Year 2019
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