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- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2011-03-01
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780374532628
- Book Title
- Silk Parachute
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
- Topic
- Literary, Essays
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 9.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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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.
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374532621
ISBN-13
9780374532628
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92997778
Product Key Features
Book Title
Silk Parachute
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Essays
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
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, "We envy [McPhee's] powers of description, the way he transforms technically complex subjects into something readers can hold in their hand and examine at close range. And, perhaps above all else, we marvel at the pains he 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 Parachuteshould be floating your way." --Tim McNulty,The Seattle Times "How 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, 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." -- 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., 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
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
Copyright Date
2011
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810.9/005
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