Title : A Short Treatise on Nonchalance - Denis Grozdanovitch - book

Summary :

Are cats wiser than us? Do you have to train your whole life to become a tennis champion? What lies behind the famous British fair play? What do Proust and Robinson Crusoe have in common? Through brief chronicles, Denis Grozdanovitch sketches a hymn to nonchalance and the simple joys of everyday life.

Born in 1946, Denis Grozdanovitch was a professional athlete: tennis, squash, and real tennis. A Little Treatise on Nonchalance, published in 2002, is his first book. He is also the author of Dreamers and Swimmers, Brief Glimpses of the Eternal Feminine and of The art of taking the ball on the bounce.

"A short treatise on nonchalance is winning – and rightly so – the prize for best word of mouth.

The Express

Society of People and Letters Prize 2002

• EAN: 9782020659215
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• Book in good condition
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