Items related to This Sporting Life: A Novel

Storey, David This Sporting Life: A Novel ISBN 13: 9781504015080

This Sporting Life: A Novel - Softcover

 
9781504015080: This Sporting Life: A Novel
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
A rugby player finds fame and fortune in a bleak mining town, but he cannot outrun the emptiness he feels inside in Man Booker Prize-winning author David Storey's seminal first novel On Christmas Eve, Arthur breaks his two front teeth. A teammate on the rugby pitch is too slow with a handoff, and instead of catching the ball, Art catches an opponent's foot right in the mouth. When he regains consciousness, the match is almost over, but he keeps playing regardless. Where else would he go? His entire life, Art has only cared about sports and nothing grabs his attention quite like the lightning-fast violence of Rugby League. He knows it could kill him, but it also makes him feel alive. In this hard-bitten Yorkshire mining town, the warriors of the rugby pitch are treated like gods. Through the aggressive sport, Art finds money, friends, and countless women. But when his lust for violence begins to fade, will he have the courage to leave the game behind? "Extraordinarily mature-technically as well as emotionally" -The Sunday Times "The best novel about sport I've read." -Caryl Phillips, author of The Final Passage "[An] impressive first novel." -The New York Times "An absorbing writer." -The New Yorker David Storey was born in 1933 in Yorkshire, England, and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. His novels have won many prizes, including the Macmillan Fiction Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and the Man Booker Prize. He is also the author of fifteen plays and is a fellow of University College London. Storey lives in London with his wife and four children.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
"Extraordinarily mature--technically as well as emotionally" --The Sunday Times

"The best novel about sport I've read." --Caryl Phillips, author of The Final Passage

"[An] impressive first novel." --The New York Times

"An absorbing writer." --The New Yorker
Book Description:
An astute and compelling story about a rough and ready Rugby League football hero in an industrial northern city.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherOpen Road Media
  • Publication date2015
  • ISBN 10 1504015088
  • ISBN 13 9781504015080
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages254
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780099274797: This Sporting Life

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780099274797
Publisher: Vintage, 2000
Softcover

  • 9781784873974: This Sporting Life

    Vintag..., 2018
    Softcover

  • 9780380002542: This Sporting Life

    popula..., 1982
    Softcover

  • 9780848833428: This Sporting Life

    Amereo..., 2014
    Hardcover

  • 9781125618011: This sporting life

    Longma..., 1960
    Hardcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Seller Image

Storey, David
Published by Open Road Media (2015)
ISBN 10: 1504015088 ISBN 13: 9781504015080
New Softcover Quantity: 5
Seller:
GreatBookPricesUK
(Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom)

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 24405522-n

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 18.07
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Storey, David
Published by Open Road Media (2015)
ISBN 10: 1504015088 ISBN 13: 9781504015080
New Soft Cover Quantity: 1
Seller:
booksXpress
(Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9781504015080

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 13.32
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 4.76
From U.S.A. to United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

David Storey
Published by Open Road Media (2015)
ISBN 10: 1504015088 ISBN 13: 9781504015080
New PAP Quantity: 15
Print on Demand
Seller:
PBShop.store UK
(Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom)

Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # IQ-9781504015080

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 20.20
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Storey, David
Published by Open Road Media 8/11/2015 (2015)
ISBN 10: 1504015088 ISBN 13: 9781504015080
New Paperback or Softback Quantity: 5
Seller:
BargainBookStores
(Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. This Sporting Life 0.64. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9781504015080

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 14.53
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 9.11
From U.S.A. to United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Storey, David
Published by Open Road Media (2015)
ISBN 10: 1504015088 ISBN 13: 9781504015080
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
California Books
(Miami, FL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9781504015080

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 18.78
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 5.55
From U.S.A. to United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Storey, David
Published by Open Road Media (2015)
ISBN 10: 1504015088 ISBN 13: 9781504015080
New Softcover Quantity: 5
Seller:
GreatBookPrices
(Columbia, MD, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 24405522-n

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 12.36
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 12.67
From U.S.A. to United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Storey, David
Published by OPEN ROAD MEDIA (2015)
ISBN 10: 1504015088 ISBN 13: 9781504015080
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
moluna
(Greven, Germany)

Book Description Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorDavid Storey was born in 1933 in Yorkshire, England, and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. His novels won many prizes, including the Macmillan Fiction Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Geoffrey Faber M. Seller Inventory # 596149580

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 18.40
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 21.42
From Germany to United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Storey, David
Published by Open Road Media (2015)
ISBN 10: 1504015088 ISBN 13: 9781504015080
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_1504015088

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 22.62
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 22.19
From U.S.A. to United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Storey, David
Published by Open Road Media (2015)
ISBN 10: 1504015088 ISBN 13: 9781504015080
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard1504015088

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 22.28
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 24.17
From U.S.A. to United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Storey, David
Published by OPEN ROAD MEDIA (2015)
ISBN 10: 1504015088 ISBN 13: 9781504015080
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Russell Books
(Victoria, BC, Canada)

Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. Special order direct from the distributor. Seller Inventory # ING9781504015080

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 15.50
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 31.70
From Canada to United Kingdom
Destination, rates & speeds

There are more copies of this book

View all search results for this book