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"...for golf’s soul surfers, Golf in the Kingdom is holy scripture." -- Golf A spiritual journey, a lush travelogue, a parable of sports and philosophy—John Updike called this unique novel “a golf classic if any exists in our day.” Now for the 50th anniversary, a beautiful new design and an introduction from Michael Murphy himself Paired with a mysterious teacher named Shivas Irons, Michael Murphy is led through a round of phenomenal golf, swept into a world where extraordinary powers are unleashed in a backswing governed by “true gravity.” A night of adventure and revelation follows, and leads to a glimpse of Seamus MacDuff, the holy man who haunts a ravine off Burningbush’s thirteenth fairway—the one they call Lucifer’s Rug. “A masterpiece on the mysticism of golf.” —San Francisco Chronicle “A fascination . . . Golf in the Kingdom should have a long and prosperous life.” —Joseph Campbell
Acquisto del libro
Golf in the Kingdom, Michael Murphy
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 1997
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- (In brossura)
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- Titolo
- Golf in the Kingdom
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Michael Murphy
- Editore
- Penguin Books
- Pubblicato
- 1997
- Formato
- In brossura
- ISBN10
- 0140195491
- ISBN13
- 9780140195491
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Tematica filosofica, Sport, Spiritualità e Religione, Cultura e Società, Indie, Scozia, Mistica, Libri più venduti, Golf
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1972
- Titolo originale
- Golf in the Kingdom
- Valutazione
- 3,7 su 5
- Descrizione
- "...for golf’s soul surfers, Golf in the Kingdom is holy scripture." -- Golf A spiritual journey, a lush travelogue, a parable of sports and philosophy—John Updike called this unique novel “a golf classic if any exists in our day.” Now for the 50th anniversary, a beautiful new design and an introduction from Michael Murphy himself Paired with a mysterious teacher named Shivas Irons, Michael Murphy is led through a round of phenomenal golf, swept into a world where extraordinary powers are unleashed in a backswing governed by “true gravity.” A night of adventure and revelation follows, and leads to a glimpse of Seamus MacDuff, the holy man who haunts a ravine off Burningbush’s thirteenth fairway—the one they call Lucifer’s Rug. “A masterpiece on the mysticism of golf.” —San Francisco Chronicle “A fascination . . . Golf in the Kingdom should have a long and prosperous life.” —Joseph Campbell