This Old Man: All in Pieces

This Old Man: All in Pieces

Roger Angell, the acclaimed New Yorker writer and editor, returns with a selection of writings that celebrate a view from the tenth decade of an engaged, vibrant life.Â

Long known for his range and supple prose (he is the only writer elected to membership in both the Baseball Hall of Fame and the American Academy of Arts and Letters), Angell won the 2015 American Society of Magazine Editorsâ€™ Best Essay award for â€œThis Old Man,â€ which forms a centerpiece for this book. This deeply personal account is a survey of the limitations and discoveries of great age, with abundant life, poignant loss, jokes, retrieved moments, and fresh love, set down in an informal and moving fashion. A flood of readers from different generations have discovered and shared this classic piece.

Angellâ€™s fluid prose and native curiosity make him an amiable and compelling companion on the page. The book gathers essays, letters, light verse, book reviews, Talk of the Town stories, farewells, haikus, Profiles, Christmas greetings, late thoughts on the costs of war. Whether itâ€™s a Fourth of July in rural Maine, a beloved British author at work, Derek Jeterâ€™s departure, the final game of the 2014 World Series, an all-dog opera, editorial exchanges with John Updike, or a letter to a son, what links the pieces is the authorâ€™s perceptions and humor, his utter absence of self-pity, and his appreciation of friends and colleaguesâ€”writers, ballplayers, editors, artistsâ€”encountered over the course of a full and generous life.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Anchor
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-11-17
UnitCount 1
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Anchor
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-11-17
UnitCount	1
Format	Kindle eBook

This Old Man: All in Pieces

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