{"product_id":"cut-time-carlo-rotella-9780226725567","title":"Cut Time: An Education at the Fights","description":"\"Boxing is not just fighting,\" writes Carlo Rotella. \"It is also training and living right and preparing to go the distance in the broadest sense of the phrase, a relentless managing of self that anyone who gets truly old must learn.\" Rotella's \u003ci\u003eCut Time\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles his immersion in the fight world, from the brutal classroom of the gym to the spectacle of fight night. An award-winning writer and ringside veteran, Rotella unearths the hidden wisdom in any kind of fight, from barroom brawl to HBO extravaganza. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tracing the consequences of hurt and craft, the two central facts of boxing, Rotella reveals moving resonances between the worlds inside and outside the ropes. The brief, disastrous fistic career of one of his students pinpoints the moment when adulthood arrives; the hard-won insight of a fellow fan shows Rotella how to reckon with a car crash. Mismatches, resilience, pride, pain, and aging-Rotella's lessons from the ring extend far beyond the sport. In \u003ci\u003eCut Time\u003c\/i\u003e, Rotella achieves the near-impossible: he makes the fight world relevant to us, whether we're fans or not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCut Time\u003c\/i\u003e should be read not just by fight aficionados but also by fans of intelligent nonfiction writing. . . . An absorbing read.\"-\u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Just when you think it's all been written, a good writer takes a shining new look at an old subject and breathes life into it. . . . Rotella has preserved the blow-by-blow and the grandeur of another age but has somehow expanded the ring to include his own generation's proclivities and sensibility.\"-\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carlo Rotella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226725561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226725567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.58w x 0.55d","brand":"Carlo Rotella","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46767102787839,"sku":"9780226725567","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30eb8f28-fa9f-49e2-af4c-ef70c95d158d.jpg?v=1744168858","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cut-time-carlo-rotella-9780226725567","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}