{"product_id":"a-sports-odyssey-grant-farred-9781439926956","title":"A Sports Odyssey: My Ithaca Journal","description":"Grant Farred has long had a passionate connection with sports. In \u003ci\u003eA Sports Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, he weaves together an account of his own sports fandom that is profoundly personal and universal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As readers of his \u003ci\u003eLong Distance Love\u003c\/i\u003e know, Grant Farred has been a supporter of the English Premier League club, Liverpool Football Club, for decades. His fandom for that team launched an unexpected connection with a world beyond the limits of the apartheid state of his upbringing in South Africa. However, \u003ci\u003eA Sports Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e shows that as Farred's fervor for Liverpool ended, he developed a new set of sports attachments in Ithaca, New York: to his son's youth basketball career, to the men's basketball team at Cornell University and its coach, and even to professional teams like the New York Knicks. Farred's bemusement at finding himself a sports parent, a New Yorker, and a company man, only underline the sincerity of his affections. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Sports Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, Farred writes elegantly and eloquently about how sports and sports fandom create a sense of belonging, but also loss. This is a heartfelt examination of how we find \"home\" in who and what we love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the series \u003ci\u003eSporting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grant Farred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439926956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439926956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Grant Farred","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47244128026879,"sku":"9781439926956","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_64d599e4-e3cf-4895-b7ed-90c6f667d03c.jpg?v=1758135003","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-sports-odyssey-grant-farred-9781439926956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}