A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke - Hardcover

Reng, Ronald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224091654 ISBN 13: 9780224091657

Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press, 2011

Synopsis

Why does an international footballer with the World at his feet decide to take his own life?

On 10 November 2009 the German national goalkeeper, Robert Enke, stepped in front of a passing train. He was thirty two years old.

Viewed from the outside, Enke had it all. Here was a professional goalkeeper who had played for a string of Europe's top clubs including Jose Mourinho's Benfica and Louis Van Gaal's Barcelona. Enke was destined to be his country's first choice for years to come. But beneath the bright veneer of success lay a darker story.

In A Life Too Short, award-winning writer Ronald Reng pieces together the puzzle of his lost friend's life. Reng brings into sharp relief the specific demands and fears faced by those who play top-level sport. Heartfelt, but never sentimental he tells the universal tragedy of a talented man's struggles against his own demons.

About this title

About the Author

Ronald Reng has been based in London for the last five years as a freelance sports journalist. He has written about English football for, amongst others, the Suddeutsche Zeitung, and Zurich's Tagesanzeiger.

Edition details

• Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224091654
• ISBN 13: 9780224091657
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400