Cut Time: an Education at the Fights by Carlo Rotella

Cut Time: an Education at the Fights by Carlo Rotella

Boxing is not just fighting, writes Carlo Rotella. It is also training and living right and preparing to go the distance in the broadest sense of the phrase, a relentless managing of self that anyone who gets truly old must learn. Rotella's Cut Time chronicles his immersion in the fight world, from the brutal classroom of the gym to the spectacle of fight night. An award-winning writer and ringside veteran, Rotella unearths the hidden wisdom in any kind of fight, from barroom brawl to HBO extravaganza.

Tracing the consequences of hurt and craft, the two central facts of boxing, Rotella reveals moving resonances between the worlds inside and outside the ropes. The brief, disastrous fistic career of one of his students pinpoints the moment when adulthood arrives; the hard-won insight of a fellow fan shows Rotella how to reckon with a car crash. Mismatches, resilience, pride, pain, and aging--Rotella's lessons from the ring extend far beyond the sport. In Cut Time, Rotella achieves the near-impossible: he makes the fight world relevant to us, whether we're fans or not.

Cut Time should be read not just by fight aficionados but also by fans of intelligent nonfiction writing. . . . An absorbing read.--Sports Illustrated
Just when you think it's all been written, a good writer takes a shining new look at an old subject and breathes life into it. . . . Rotella has preserved the blow-by-blow and the grandeur of another age but has somehow expanded the ring to include his own generation's proclivities and sensibility.--Los Angeles Times

Rotella, Carlo: -

Carlo Rotella (carlorotella.com) is a professor of American studies, journalism, and English at Boston College. He writes for the New York Times Magazine, and he has been a regular op-ed columnist for the Boston Globe and radio commentator for WGBH. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's, the Believer, Washington Post Magazine, and Best American Essays.

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ISBN 13	9780618145331
ISBN 10	0618145338
Title	Cut Time: an Education at the Fights
Author	Carlo Rotella
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cengage Learning, Inc
Year published	2003-08-05
Number of pages	224
Prizes	Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Current Interest) 2003
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.