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Silk Parachute by John McPhee 1st Printing Used In VG Condition
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780374263737
- Book Title
- Silk Parachute
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Fiction, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
- Topic
- Literary, Biographical, Essays
- Item Weight
- 13.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374263736
ISBN-13
9780374263737
eBay Product ID (ePID)
77501298
Product Key Features
Book Title
Silk Parachute
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Literary, Biographical, Essays
Genre
Fiction, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-031887
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"We marvel at the pains [McPhee] takes with structure, approaching his subject from oblique angles, slowly building tension, sometimes seeming to wander, but always propelling his narratives forward . . . In the age of blogging and tweeting, of writers' near-constant self-promotion, McPhee is an imperative counterweight, a paragon of both sense and civility." Elizabeth Royte, The New York Times Book Review "Reading McPhee's lucid descriptions of [lacrosse], with its lightning pace and nuanced skill levels, one wonders why Americans spend so much time watching football . . . We're fortunate McPhee has written as muchand as wellas he has. For readers who have always wanted a more personal glimpse, Silk Parachute should be floating your way." Tim McNulty, The Seattle Times "How long the McPhee tradition will endure is anyone's guess. But for now we have Silk Parachute , a testament to a kind of literary journalism that will, with any luck, have both its standards and its standard-bearer around for years to come." Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, Reading McPhee's lucid descriptions of [lacrosse], with its lightning pace and nuanced skill levels, one wonders why Americans spend so much time watching football . . . We're fortunate McPhee has written as much--and as well--as he has. For readers who have always wanted a more personal glimpse, Silk Parachute should be floating your way., "We marvel at the pains [McPhee] takes with structure, approaching his subject from oblique angles, slowly building tension, sometimes seeming to wander, but always propelling his narratives forward . . . In the age of blogging and tweeting, of writers' near-constant self-promotion, McPhee is an imperative counterweight, a paragon of both sense and civility." -Elizabeth Royte, The New York Times Book Review "Reading McPhee's lucid descriptions of [lacrosse], with its lightning pace and nuanced skill levels, one wonders why Americans spend so much time watching football . . . We're fortunate McPhee has written as much-and as well-as he has. For readers who have always wanted a more personal glimpse, Silk Parachute should be floating your way." -Tim McNulty, The Seattle Times "How long the McPhee tradition will endure is anyone's guess. But for now we have Silk Parachute , a testament to a kind of literary journalism that will, with any luck, have both its standards and its standard-bearer around for years to come." -Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor , How long the McPhee tradition will endure is anyone's guess. But for now we have Silk Parachute , a testament to a kind of literary journalism that will, with any luck, have both its standards and its standard-bearer around for years to come., We marvel at the pains [McPhee] takes with structure, approaching his subject from oblique angles, slowly building tension, sometimes seeming to wander, but always propelling his narratives forward . . . In the age of blogging and tweeting, of writers' near-constant self-promotion, McPhee is an imperative counterweight, a paragon of both sense and civility., "We marvel at the pains [McPhee] takes with structure, approaching his subject from oblique angles, slowly building tension, sometimes seeming to wander, but always propelling his narratives forward . . . In the age of blogging and tweeting, of writers' near-constant self-promotion, McPhee is an imperative counterweight, a paragon of both sense and civility." -- Elizabeth Royte, The New York Times Book Review "Reading McPhee's lucid descriptions of [lacrosse], with its lightning pace and nuanced skill levels, one wonders why Americans spend so much time watching football . . . We're fortunate McPhee has written as much--and as well--as he has. For readers who have always wanted a more personal glimpse, Silk Parachute should be floating your way." -- Tim McNulty, The Seattle Times "How long the McPhee tradition will endure is anyone's guess. But for now we have Silk Parachute , a testament to a kind of literary journalism that will, with any luck, have both its standards and its standard-bearer around for years to come." -- Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, We marvel at the pains [McPhee] takes with structure, approaching his subject from oblique angles, slowly building tension, sometimes seeming to wander, but always propelling his narratives forward . . . In the age of blogging and tweeting, of writers' near-constant self-promotion, McPhee is an imperative counterweight, a paragon of both sense and civility." —Elizabeth Royte,The New York Times Book ReviewReading McPhee's lucid descriptions of [lacrosse], with its lightning pace and nuanced skill levels, one wonders why Americans spend so much time watching football . . . We're fortunate McPhee has written as much—and as well—as he has. For readers who have always wanted a more personal glimpse,Silk Parachuteshould be floating your way." —Tim McNulty,The Seattle TimesHow long the McPhee tradition will endure is anyone's guess. But for now we haveSilk Parachute, a testament to a kind of literary journalism that will, with any luck, have both its standards and its standard-bearer around for years to come." —Danny Heitman,The Christian Science Monitor
Dewey Decimal
810.9/005
Table Of Content
1. Season on the Chalk 2. Swimming with Canoes 3. Warming the Jump Seat 4. Spin Right and Shoot Left 5. Under the Cloth 6. My Life List 7. Checkpoints 8. Rip Van Golfer 9. Nowheres
Synopsis
A WONDROUS NEW BOOK OF MCPHEE'S PROSE PIECES--IN MANY ASPECTS HIS MOST PERSONAL IN FOUR DECADES The brief, brilliant essay "Silk Parachute," which first appeared in The New Yorker a decade ago, has become John McPhee's most anthologized piece of writing. In the nine other pieces here-- highly varied in length and theme--McPhee ranges with his characteristic humor and intensity through lacrosse, long-exposure view-camera photography, the weird foods he has sometimes been served in the course of his reportorial travels, a U.S. Open golf championship, and a season in Europe "on the chalk" from the downs and sea cliffs of England to the Maas valley in the Netherlands and the champagne country of northern France. Some of the pieces are wholly personal. In luminous recollections of his early years, for example, he goes on outings with his mother, deliberately overturns canoes in a learning process at a summer camp, and germinates a future book while riding on a jump seat to away games as a basketball player. But each piece--on whatever theme--contains somewhere a personal aspect in which McPhee suggests why he was attracted to write about the subject, and each opens like a silk parachute, lofted skyward and suddenly blossoming with color and form.
LC Classification Number
AC8.M268 2010
Copyright Date
2010
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