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Sto caricando le informazioni... Open Ice: Reflections and Confessions of a Hockey Lifer (2008)di Jack Falla
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Jack Falla follows up his gem of a book, Home Ice, with this exquisitely crafted collection of essays on hockey as he has seen and experienced it over the past fifty years. At times funny, often poignant, and occasionally melancholy, Open Ice is one man's witness to fifty years of the game he loves. Reflections on hockey, its great personalities and arenas, and twenty-five years of dedication to his own backyard rink are woven into family memories and other fond remembrances. From the death of Rocket Richard, to skating on the Rideau Canal, memories of being in all Original Six arenas, and more, Open Ice is a reflective and fond look at hockey for people to whom the sport is more than just a game. Selected reviews of Home Ice: The literary hot chocolate that will warm your heart.-- The New York Times While Home Ice may be a book about hockey and the charm of backyard rinks, it is more than that, too. It is a book about relationships--between fathers and sons, husbands and wives--and how the game can bridge the gaps that commonly occur between generations in a family... It's a treasure and one that readers will be happy they searched out. Possibly the best hockey book since Ken Dryden's The Game, -- The Globe & Mail Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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He writes beautifully, and the chapter on Hobey Baker is just wonderful.
There are other essays on George Vezina, Rocket Richard, Rink Rats, skating in Ottawa, and back yard hockey rinks. If you like hockey, Jack Falla walks you through some of the greats of hockey and I expect you will like this book and learn still learn something. If you don't like hockey I would still recommend the chapter on Hobey Baker.
It is about Hockey but it is also about family, mortality, getting old and recognizing your place in this world. ( )