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The Progress of the Seasons
- Author
- George V. Higgins
- Narrator
- Ian Esmo
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 January 2007
- Run Time
- 7 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Beginning in 1946, a then eight-year-old George Higgins, accompanied by father and grandfather, began taking the long train ride out to Fenway Park to find some truth in immortals like Doerr, DiMaggio, York, and Williams, and later, Yastremski, Marty Barrett, and many more. This is a book about baseball and about the Boston Red Sox; but that is only part of the story. Beyond the games, the book turns on thoughts about family and continuity and, of course, the progress of the seasons. There’s a magical moment when Higgins calls on his own mythic Emily to check the all-time lineup with his deceased forebears. By then, you’ve come to know what the author’s values have in common with those in Our Town, and why certain professional athletes achieve immortality and others don’t. The Progress of the Seasons confirms what admirers of the author’s sparkling accurate prose already know: Higgins is to writing what Ted Williams was to baseball, an all-star.
Critics Review
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“Blending intimate personal memories with public events over a long time span is a tricky affair. Higgins carries it off with nary an error.”
New York Times
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“A warm, sentimental journey…Higgins’ writing is as crisp as a well-pitched game under the shadows of Fenway’s Green Monster left-field wall.”
People
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“At once refreshingly traditional yet innovative, Higgins is a writer of Balzacian appetite, trying to lift the lid off the human comedy, using Bostonas his fulcrum.”
GQ
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“In this affecting memoir, with prose as sharp as a live-drive single, Higgins shows how his love of baseball is matched only by his love of his father and grandfather, men who introduced him to the game forty year earlier. Ian Esmo reads with care, maintaining a steady pace.”
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Details
- Author
- George V. Higgins
- Narrator
- Ian Esmo
- Duration
- 7 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 January 2007
- ISBN
- 9781481558570
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Baseball, History of sport, Sport: general, Baseball
Synopsis
Beginning in 1946, a then eight-year-old George Higgins, accompanied by father and grandfather, began taking the long train ride out to Fenway Park to find some truth in immortals like Doerr, DiMaggio, York, and Williams, and later, Yastremski, Marty Barrett, and many more. This is a book about baseball and about the Boston Red Sox; but that is only part of the story. Beyond the games, the book turns on thoughts about family and continuity and, of course, the progress of the seasons. There’s a magical moment when Higgins calls on his own mythic Emily to check the all-time lineup with his deceased forebears. By then, you’ve come to know what the author’s values have in common with those in Our Town, and why certain professional athletes achieve immortality and others don’t. The Progress of the Seasons confirms what admirers of the author’s sparkling accurate prose already know: Higgins is to writing what Ted Williams was to baseball, an all-star.
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