Author: TOBY LITT
Title: Wrestliana
Description: Galley Beggar Press, 2018. Paperback. Pp: 260. Toby Litt's ancestor, William Litt, was a champion Cumberland Wrestler but also almost certainly a smuggler - and definitely published poet and novelist. A huge and fascinating man, William was also troubling: he ended his life in poverty and exile. Using the nineteenth century as a guide, Wrestliana asks vital questions about modern-day masculinity, competition, and success. It is a beautiful portrait of two men and their different worlds, full of surprises and sympathy, and a wonderful evocation of a lost place and time. ISBN: 9781910296899. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781910296899
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Title: Wrestliana
Description: Galley Beggar Press, 2018. Paperback. Pp: 260. Toby Litt's ancestor, William Litt, was a champion Cumberland Wrestler but also almost certainly a smuggler - and definitely published poet and novelist. A huge and fascinating man, William was also troubling: he ended his life in poverty and exile. Using the nineteenth century as a guide, Wrestliana asks vital questions about modern-day masculinity, competition, and success. It is a beautiful portrait of two men and their different worlds, full of surprises and sympathy, and a wonderful evocation of a lost place and time. ISBN: 9781910296899. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781910296899
Price: EUR 8.00 = appr. US$ 8.69 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2190503
- Book number: 2190503
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