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Author: Ronald Reng
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Imprint: Yellow Jersey Press
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.343kg
ISBN: 9780224091664
ISBN 10: 0224091662
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 03 May 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Language: German
Reviews
An intensely moving book that transcends football -- Raphael Honigstein, Guardian A tragic book, but a brilliant one. Reng's is one of the best sports books to have been published in years Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung This is a powerful book which transcends football. Sport Magazine Deeply affecting -- Matt Dickinson The Times Moving...after reading it, I felt I not only understood depression a little better but also determined never again to believe the myth of the sporting superman, impervious to criticism or pressure -- Sarah Crompton Daily Telegraph
This is a powerful book which transcends football. * Sport Magazine * A tragic book, but a brilliant one. Reng's is one of the best sports books to have been published in years * Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung * An intensely moving book that transcends football -- Raphael Honigstein, Guardian Incredible... It's a stunning, fascinating and ultimately heartbreaking piece of work that has done so much to further the understanding between mental illness and sport. It is also a reminder that, for all the status and all the luxury which come with being a professional footballer, those lucky enough to make a career from the game are still human beings, too -- Tom Hopkinson * People * One of the most remarkable sports books ever written... A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke... stands as the definite work on mental illness in football -- Sam Wallace * Daily Telegraph *
One of the most remarkable sports books ever written... A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke... stands as the definite work on mental illness in football -- Sam Wallace * Daily Telegraph * Incredible... It's a stunning, fascinating and ultimately heartbreaking piece of work that has done so much to further the understanding between mental illness and sport. It is also a reminder that, for all the status and all the luxury which come with being a professional footballer, those lucky enough to make a career from the game are still human beings, too -- Tom Hopkinson * People * An intensely moving book that transcends football -- Raphael Honigstein, Guardian A tragic book, but a brilliant one. Reng's is one of the best sports books to have been published in years * Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung * This is a powerful book which transcends football. * Sport Magazine *
Football matters - of course it does. But reading A Life Too Short might just change the way you watch the game -- Mark Douglas Journal An intensely moving book that transcends football -- Raphael Honigstein, Guardian A tragic book, but a brilliant one. Reng's is one of the best sports books to have been published in years Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung This is a powerful book which transcends football. Sport Magazine Deeply affecting -- Matt Dickinson The Times
Author Information
Ronald Reng is the highly-acclaimed author of The Keeper of Dreams- One Man's Controversial Story of Life in the English Premiership (Yellow Jersey Press), which won Biography of the Year at the 2004 British Sports Book Awards
