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Eric Rolfe Greenberg

Forfatter af The Celebrant: A Novel

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Omfatter også følgende navne: Eric R. Greenberg, Eric Rolfe Greenburg

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Baseball: A Literary Anthology (2002) — Bidragyder — 336 eksemplarer
Pitching in a Pinch, or, Baseball from the Inside (1912) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver92 eksemplarer

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Fødselsdato
1945-01-15
Køn
male
Nationalitet
USA
Fødested
New York City, New York, USA
Bopæl
New York City, New York, USA
Uddannelse
Woodmere Academy
University of Wisconsin
New York University, School of the Arts
Organisationer
Columbia Pictures
Ethical Culture Society
American Management Association
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"A Brooklyn Dodger fan in his early years and a New York Met fan since the team’s inception in 1962, he lives in the Morningside Heights area of Manhattan with his wife, Dr. Marjorie Goldsmith, and his two daughters."

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A fantastic combination of historical fact with interesting fiction. Greenberg weaves the truth from the early years of MLB with a great story of a Jewish family of jewelers. The two main characters, brothers Eli and Jackie Kapanski, are present for most of the greatest baseball moments from the first to decades of the Major Leagues. The author's knowledge and love of baseball shines through in his writing. Baseball fan or not, this story of immigrants trying to make it in early 20th century America can be enjoyed by anyone. An absolutely terrific book.… (mere)
 
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SethAndrew | 4 andre anmeldelser | Jul 26, 2012 |
My all-time favorite work of baseball fiction. Superbly written.
 
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phaas | 4 andre anmeldelser | May 31, 2009 |
Might contain spoilers

I ended up disappointed in this book. I think because the main character just didn't quite make sense to me. And I didn't like the end, which of course might be based in truth & maybe it is the truth I don't like (about Mathewson.) By the end the ball game descriptions seemed to go on too long, and it felt like he left the complexity of people's lives out.
 
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franoscar | 4 andre anmeldelser | Oct 4, 2008 |
On the cover of my copy of The Celebrant, W.P. Kinsella proclaims, in quotation, that the book is the greatest baseball novel of all time. Although I am not well versed enough in baseball literature to make such a sweeping claim, I can assure prospective readers that Mr. Kinsella's evaluation isn't just bluster.

The Celebrant follows a young Jewish immigrant and his extended family through their dealings with Christy Mathewson and the New York Giants (the family runs a jewelry business that has produced World Series rings for the Giants) during the first two decades of the 20th century. The work is historical fiction in the mold of Ragtime; while the family at the center of the story is fictional almost all of the other characters are historical figures (mostly ballplayers).

Greenburg goes into great detail outlining many historic ball games, such as the Fred Merkele disaster of 1908 and parts of the infamous 1919 Sox-Reds World Series. The baseball writing is clear, fun, and historically adept, but, in the end, I think that baseball is just the background for Greenberg's ruminations on several of our national growing pains qua family and personal drama.

That is to say, even the reader that is not a baseball fanatic can perhaps still find much to enjoy in this novel.
… (mere)
½
 
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NoLongerAtEase | 4 andre anmeldelser | Sep 1, 2008 |

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