{"product_id":"9781472151414","title":"William Finnegan - Barbarian Days A Surfing Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by William Finnegan. Themes include Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography, Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Personal Memoirs, Sports \u0026amp; Recreation, Water Sports.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and William Hill Sports Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eBarbarian Days\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer looking for transcendence 'that recalls early James Salter' (Geoff Dyer, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Surfing only looks like a sport. To devotees, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a mental and physical study, a passionate way of life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer William Finnegan first started surfing as a young boy in California and Hawaii. \u003ci\u003eBarbarian Days\u003c\/i\u003e is his immersive memoir of a life spent travelling the world chasing waves through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa and beyond. Finnegan describes the edgy yet enduring brotherhood forged among the swell of the surf; and recalling his own apprenticeship to the world's most famous and challenging waves, he considers the intense relationship formed between man, board and water.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbarian Days\u003c\/i\u003e is an old-school adventure story, a social history, an extraordinary exploration of one man's gradual mastering of an exacting and little-understood art. It is a memoir of dangerous obsession and enchantment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Reading this guy on the subject of waves and water is like reading Hemingway on bullfighting; William Burroughs on controlled substances; Updike on adultery. . . . a coming-of-age story, seen through the gloss resin coat of a surfboard' \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography announced on 18\/4\/2016.\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year announced on 24\/11\/2016\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58105528844662,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9781472151414.jpg?v=1781700313","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9781472151414","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}