The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

A disastrous error on the field sends five lives into a tailspin in this widely acclaimed tale about love, life, and baseball.



"Wonderful ... a novel that is every bit as entertaining as it is affecting." --The New York Times



"First novels this complete and consuming come along very, very seldom." --Jonathan Franzen, New York Times bestselling author of Crossroads



At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended.



Henry's fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin his future. College president Guert Affenlight, a longtime bachelor, has fallen unexpectedly and helplessly in love. Owen Dunne, Henry's gay roommate and teammate, becomes caught up in a dangerous affair. Mike Schwartz, the Harpooners' team captain and Henry's best friend, realizes he has guided Henry's career at the expense of his own. And Pella Affenlight, Guert's daughter, returns to Westish after escaping an ill-fated marriage, determined to start a new life.



As the season counts down to its climactic final game, these five are forced to confront their deepest hopes, anxieties, and secrets. In the process they forge new bonds, and help one another find their true paths.



Written with boundless intelligence and filled with the tenderness of youth, The Art of Fielding is an expansive, warmhearted novel about ambition and its limits, about family and friendship and love, and about commitment--to oneself and to others.



Named one of 2012's best books by The New York Times, NPR, The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Bloomberg, The Kansas City Star, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Time Out New York.

Chad Harbach was born in Wisconsin and went to Harvard and the University of Virginia for his education. He is the creator and editor of n+1 magazine, as well as the author of the blockbuster novel The Art of Fielding (2011).

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ISBN 13	9780316126694
ISBN 10	0316126691
Title	The Art of Fielding
Author	Chad Harbach
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little, Brown & Company
Year published	2011-09-07
Number of pages	512
Prizes	Winner of ALA Notable Books (Fiction) 2012, Winner of Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award (Fiction) 2012, Commended for Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (First Fiction) 2012, Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (First Fiction) 2011, Commended for Indies Choice Book Awards (Debut Author) 2012
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