{"product_id":"barbarian-days-a-surfing-life","title":"William Finnegan: Barbarian Days [2016] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Price and William Hill Sports Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eBarbarian Days \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer looking for transcendence 'that recalls early James Salter' (Geoff Dyer, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurfing only looks like a sport. To devotees, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a mental and physical study, a passionate way of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ewriter William Finnegan first started surfing as a young boy in California and Hawaii. \u003ci\u003eBarbarian Days\u003c\/i\u003e is his immersive memoir of a life spent travelling the world chasing waves through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa and beyond. Finnegan describes the edgy yet enduring brotherhood forged among the swell of the surf; and recalling his own apprenticeship to the world's most famous and challenging waves, he considers the intense relationship formed between man, board and water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbarian Days\u003c\/i\u003e is an old-school adventure story, a social history, an extraordinary exploration of one man's gradual mastering of an exacting and little-understood art. It is a memoir of dangerous obsession and enchantment. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Reading this guy on the subject of waves and water is like reading Hemingway on bullfighting; William Burroughs on controlled substances; Updike on adultery. . . . a coming-of-age story, seen through the gloss resin coat of a surfboard' \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Finnegan, William","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49770857365843,"sku":"XV81472151414","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":44523015766306,"sku":"9781472151414","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":46977680998739,"sku":"XE81472151414","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/finnegan-william-william-finnegan-barbarian-days-2016-paperback-58278861177171.jpg?v=1731069276","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/barbarian-days-a-surfing-life","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}