Background
Hornby, Nick was born on April 17, 1957 in Redhill, Surrey, England. Son of Sir Derek Hornby.
( Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook...)
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Fever Pitch, by Nick Hornby, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. As a young boy, growing up in the Home Counties and watching his parent's marriage fall apart, Nick Hornby had little sense of home. Then his dad took him to Highbury. Arsenal's football ground would become the source of many of the strongest feelings he'd ever have: joy, humiliation, heartbreak, frustration, and hope. In this now-classic book, he vividly depicts his troubled relationship with his father, his time as a teacher, and his first loves (after football), all through the prism of the game, as he insightfully and brilliantly explores obsession, and the way it can shape a life.
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(The Polysyllabic Spree collects a year's worth of Hornby’...)
The Polysyllabic Spree collects a year's worth of Hornby’s riotous and informative "Stuff I’ve Been Reading" columns from the Believer, in which Hornby lists the books he’s read, along with what he bought and may one day read. He ably explores everything from the classic to the graphic novel, as well as poems, plays, and sports-related exposés. And if he occasionally implores a biographer for brevity, or abandons a literary work in favor of an Arsenal soccer match, then all is not lost. His warm and riotous writing, full of all the joy and surprise and despair that books bring him, reveals why we still read, even when there's soccer on TV, a pram in the hall, and a good band playing at our local bar. All proceeds from the book will be split between 826NYC, a writing center in Brooklyn offering free classes to students between the ages of 8 and 18, and Treehouse, a London-based charity for kids with autism.
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(À Gooleness, petite station balnéaire surannée du nord de...)
À Gooleness, petite station balnéaire surannée du nord de l'Angleterre, Annie, la quarantaine sonnante, se demande ce qu'elle a fait des quinze dernières années de sa vie... En couple avec Duncan, dont la passion obsessionnelle pour Tucker Crowe, un ex-chanteur des eighties, commence sérieusement à l'agacer, elle s'apprête à faire sa révolution. Un pèlerinage de trop sur les traces de l'idole et surtout la sortie inattendue d'un nouvel album, Juliet, Naked, mettent le feu aux poudres. Mais se réveiller en colère après quinze ans de somnambulisme n'est pas de tout repos!
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(The #1 New York Times bestseller "Things had been ticki...)
The #1 New York Times bestseller "Things had been ticking along quite nicely. My teachers suddenly started talking to me about going to college, my mum had ditched her rubbish boyfriend, and I had a gorgeous new girlfriend. You know that bit in a film when they show couples laughing and holding hands and kissing in lots of different places while a song plays? Alicia and I were like that, except we didn’t go to lots of different places. We went to about three, including Alicia’s bedroom. Anyway. It took years for everything to come together like that, and it took two seconds to screw it all up. One mistake and my life would never be the same." Nick Hornby’s poignant and witty novel Slam shows a rare and impressive understanding of human relationships and what it really means to grow up.
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(Gleich sein erstes Buch machte Nick Hornby mit einem Schl...)
Gleich sein erstes Buch machte Nick Hornby mit einem Schlag berühmt: Fever Pitch hat beim Publikum und bei den Journalisten wahre Begeisterungsstürme entfacht. Hornbys Buch war bahnbrechend, weil es als erstes auf den Punkt brachte, was Fußballbesessenheit in all ihren ernsten und komischen Facetten ausmacht. Fever Pitch ist die Geschichte eines Fußballfans, dessen Leben von den seltenen Siegen und zahlreichen Niederlagen seines Clubs bestimmt wird. Der Fan heisst Nick Hornby, sein Verein Arsenal London. Mit wunderbarer Leichtigkeit und sprühendem Witz schildert Hornby die Spiele und sein Leben: In zahlreichen mal amüsanten, mal nachdenklichen Anekdoten erzählt er von der Scheidung der Eltern, dem Alltag in der Vorstadt, dem lustlos absolvierten Studium in Cambridge und den ersten Freundinnen. Fever Pitch ist der Versuch, einen Blick hinter die Besessenheit zu werfen. "Warum hat die Beziehung, die als Schuljungenschwärmerei begann, beinahe ein Vierteljahrhundert überdauert, länger als irgendeine andere Beziehung, die ich freiwillig eingegangen bin?"
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(EINAI ΔYNATON NA MOIPAΣTEIΣ TH ZΩH ΣOY ME KAΠOION ΠOY EXE...)
EINAI ΔYNATON NA MOIPAΣTEIΣ TH ZΩH ΣOY ME KAΠOION ΠOY EXEI ΣYΛΛOΓH ΔIΣKΩN AΣYMBATH ME TH ΔIKH ΣOY; MHΠΩΣ, AN AKOYΣ ΣYNEXΩΣ TA TPAΓOYΔIA ΠOY MIΛANE ΓIA XΩPIΣMOYΣ KI EPΩTIKEΣ AΠOΓOHTEYΣEIΣ, ΔYΣTYXIA KAI MONAΞIA, H ZΩH ΣOY ΓINETAI ANΩ KATΩ; ΓIA TON POMΠ ΦΛEMIΓK, 35 ETΩN, ΠOY EINAI EΘIΣMENOΣ ΣTHN ΠOΠ KAI IΔIOKTHTHΣ KATAΣTHMATOΣ ΔIΣKΩN ΠOY KINΔYNEYEI NA XPEOKOΠHΣEI, AYTEΣ OI EPΩTHΣEIΣ AΠAITOYN EΠITAKTIKA AΠANTHΣEIΣ.
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(Nick Hornby returns to his roots—music and messy relation...)
Nick Hornby returns to his roots—music and messy relationships—in this funny and touching novel that thoughtfully and sympathetically looks at how lives can be wasted but how they are never beyond redemption. Annie lives in a dull town on England’s bleak east coast and is in a relationship with Duncan that mirrors the place; Tucker, once a brilliant songwriter and performer, has gone into seclusion in rural America—or at least that’s what his fans think. Duncan is obsessed with Tucker’s work to the point of derangement, and when Annie dares to go public on her dislike of his latest album, there are quite unexpected, life-changing consequences for all three. Nick Hornby uses this intriguing canvas to explore why it is we so often let the early promise of relationships, ambition, and indeed life, evaporate. And he comes to some surprisingly optimistic conclusions about the struggle to live up to one’s promise.
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( With an affectionate introduction by Sarah Vowell, this...)
With an affectionate introduction by Sarah Vowell, this is the third and final collection of columns by celebrated novelist Nick Hornby from The Believer magazine. Hornby's monthly reading diary is unlike any arts column in any other publication; it discusses cultural artifacts the way they actually exist in people's lives. Hornby is a voracious and unapologetic reader, and his notes on books — highbrow and otherwise — are always accessible and hilarious.
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(Cu stilul ireverentios si ironic care l-a consacrat, Horn...)
Cu stilul ireverentios si ironic care l-a consacrat, Hornby urmareste in acest roman patru personaje aflate in pragul sinuciderii, invitandu-ne sa descoperim, alaturi de ele, momentele de fericire pe care nu mai stim sa ni le oferim. Impactul imens al cartii lui Nick Hornby rezida in amestecul de emotie si umor, de autoderiziune, sinceritate si seriozitate, care transforma un subiect atat de delicat intr-o apologie a micilor bucurii ale vietii. In ajunul Anului Nou, la Londra, patru necunoscuti se intalnesc pe acoperisul unei cladiri de stranie notorietate, supranumita "Turnul sinucigasilor" - Martin, o vedeta TV cazuta in dizgratie, Jess, o adolescenta rebela, Maureen, o femeie care isi ingrijeste copilul grav bolnav si JJ, un rocker american incapabil sa-si faca un nume. Soarta ii aduce impreuna in acelasi moment si loc cand sunt gata sa-si puna capat zilelor, iar deconcertanta coincidenta ii uneste: depanandu-si povestea, decid sa-si amane sfarsitul pana la urmatoarea sarbatoare care ii impinge pe cei singuri si nefericiti la gesturi extreme: Sfantul Valentin. Vor reusi sa descopere intre timp un argument care sa infirme logica disperarii?
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(A funny, intelligent, warm & emotionally generous novel a...)
A funny, intelligent, warm & emotionally generous novel all at once. An engrossing novel about two lonely people looking ( and hoping) for another chance at love though miles apart they are connected by the internet, their loneliness and their struggle to live up to one's promise.
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(Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost sou...)
Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they’ve reached the end of the line. In four distinct and riveting first-person voices, Hornby tells a story of four individuals confronting the limits of choice, circumstance, and their own mortality. This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances.
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( In his monthly column "Stuff I've Been Reading," Hornby...)
In his monthly column "Stuff I've Been Reading," Hornby lists the books he's purchased that month, and briefly discusses the books he's actually read. NIck Hornby's Polysyllabic Spree Includes selected passages from the novels, biographies, collections of poetry, and comics discussed in the column.
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(The Complete Polysyllabic Spree is Nick Hornby's wickedly...)
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree is Nick Hornby's wickedly funny journey through reading. This is not a book of reviews. This not a book that sneers at other books. This is a book about reading - about enjoying books wherever and however you find them. Nick Hornby, author of the bestsellers About a Boy and Fever Pitch - takes us on a hilarious and perceptive tour through the books he bought, the books he read and his thoughts on literature. He is first and foremost a reader and he approaches books like the rest of us: hoping to pick up one he can't put down. The Complete Polysyllabic Spree is a diary of sorts, charting his reading life over two years. It is a celebration of why we read - its pleasures, its disappointments and its surprises. And above all, it is for you - the ever hopeful reader. For fans of Bill Bryson and Stephen Fry, and for bookworms eveywhere, this witty, passionate book will make you cherish the world of letters anew. "An engaged and engaging ramble around one reader's mind." (The Times). "Not only does it make you want to read more but, like all great books, it's also terrific company." (Metro). "For anyone whose idea of a good time is arguing with friends about their favourite books...amusing and contagiously enthusiastic." (Big Issue).
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Hornby, Nick was born on April 17, 1957 in Redhill, Surrey, England. Son of Sir Derek Hornby.
Student, Jesus College, University Cambridge.
(EINAI ΔYNATON NA MOIPAΣTEIΣ TH ZΩH ΣOY ME KAΠOION ΠOY EXE...)
(Cu stilul ireverentios si ironic care l-a consacrat, Horn...)
(The Polysyllabic Spree collects a year's worth of Hornby’...)
(Nick Hornby returns to his roots—music and messy relation...)
(À Gooleness, petite station balnéaire surannée du nord de...)
( With an affectionate introduction by Sarah Vowell, this...)
(Gleich sein erstes Buch machte Nick Hornby mit einem Schl...)
( In his monthly column "Stuff I've Been Reading," Hornby...)
( Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook...)
(Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost sou...)
(Here, in one volume, are three of the most popular and cr...)
(The Complete Polysyllabic Spree is Nick Hornby's wickedly...)
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(A funny, intelligent, warm & emotionally generous novel a...)
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Co-founder TreeHouse Trust, London, 1997.
Married Virginia Bovell (divorced). 1 child Danny;children: Lowell, Jesse.