portada Eclipse of the Sun: Boxing Poems (en Inglés)

Eclipse of the Sun: Boxing Poems (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Red Shuttleworth

Editorial

University of Nevada Press

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21x13.4x0.6 cm

Peso

0.12 kg.

ISBN13

9781647791209

Categorías

Estados unidos de américa
Poesía
Escuelas primarias e intermedias

Eclipse of the Sun: Boxing Poems (en Inglés)

Red Shuttleworth (Autor) · University of Nevada Press · Tapa Blanda

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A tribute to the improbable dreams of valiant men in a rough sport. In this striking poetry collection, Red Shuttleworth, who holds the record as the oldest active boxer (professional or amateur), offers evocative imagery that unapologetically reveals the life of a boxer. From the inspiring hopes of an early career to agonizing defeats, the poems in Eclipse of the Sun take readers on a journey from moderate successes to the realization that a dream of a promising future has become the reality of the long haul of a journeyman. Along the way, Shuttleworth rubs elbows with greats like Muhammad Ali, Chickie Ferrara, and Ron Lyle, exposing the resolute path and difficult end of a hard-lived life. This collection is an homage to boxing at its grittiest levels, and to fighters who persevere--with hope, blood, and bone--against sense and loss. Few professional boxers earn a living in the ring, and even fewer arrive in their forties with any money left from their sport. In this collection, boxers attain poverty rather than riches, end up in post-career menial jobs, and have no pension plan to fall back on. Shuttleworth's poetry is a visceral inside look at the brutality and humanity at the heart of boxing.