Fight

"If the criterion of greatness is to spread joy to the heart of every human being on earth, Muhammad Ali was the greatest man in the world. He was, in every respect, the bravest, the kindest, and the most perfect man who ever lived."
-Bob Dylan-

In The Fight, US novelist Norman Mailer, Pulitzer and Légion d'honneur winner, who gained worldwide fame with his novel The Naked and the Dead, puts one of Muhammad Ali's legendary matches under the spotlight. taking. He personally witnesses the tremendous comeback of Muhammad Ali, who was stripped of all his titles after refusing to participate in the Vietnam War, stayed away from the ring during the most productive years of his career because his license was revoked, and continued his political struggle by devoting himself to the cause of black people in America in poverty.
Mailer, one of the pioneers of creative non-fiction texts along with Truman Capote, describes the tense wait before the fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, which took place in Kinsasa, the capital of Zaire, on October 30, 1974, and the entire eight-round match, which is unique, sometimes funny and unbridled. With his style, he expresses it as if he were describing a chess match or a work of art.

While Mailer conveys the dramatic flow of the fight in an extremely subtle language, his ingenious observations about Zaire, African beliefs, the nature of violence, the strategy behind boxing, He also conveys his thoughts and impressions regarding will and philosophy.

"Mailer's greatest virtue is his ability to confess without asking for forgiveness. It is very difficult not to forgive the man who has the least regrets among the living writers and who forgives himself so deeply."
-Michael Wood-
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Page Number: 232

Printing Year: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publishing House : Everest Publications

Editor : Zeynep Tür
Cover Design : Emir Tali

First Printing Year: 2016

Number of Pages: 232

Language: Turkish