Far Afield by S Price

Far Afield by S Price

A Year in Provence . . . in sweats

Some people would consider writing for Sports Illustrated a dream job. Others fantasize about living idyllically in the South of France. S. L. Price got to do both. Assigned by Sports Illustrated to cover sports in Europe, Price relocated his family to a small hamlet in Provence, and then set out to uncover the soul of world athletic competition.

In an attempt to comprehend the planet's most intense and bloody sports, he immersed himself in the cricket rivalry between India and Pakistan. He spent time with Lance Armstrong as the cyclist fended off rumors of performance-enhancing drugs. He argued politics with Olympic athletes in Athens, covered Austria's beer-drenched version of the Super Bowl, and caught basketball fever in Belgrade--as he, his wife, and children tried to adjust to life in a Europe convulsed by terrorism, anti-Americanism, and George Bush's war in Iraq.

Far Afield is an extraordinary memoir of growth, family, and games people play worldwide.

Price, S. L.: - S. L. Price, a senior writer at Sports Illustrated since 1994, has been called a Master of the New Journalism by the New York Times. An award-winning former columnist and feature writer at the Miami Herald and the Sacramento Bee, he is also the author of Far Afield, which Esquire named one of the five best books of 2007, and Heart of the Game, which was named the #1 baseball book of 2009.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781599211442
ISBN 10	1599211440
Title	Far Afield
Author	S Price
Condition	Unavailable
Publisher	Rowman & Littlefield
Year published	2007-08-01
Number of pages	256
Prizes	Winner of IndieFab awards (Travel Essays) 2007
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.