- Taschenbuch: 248 Seiten
- Verlag: Ebury Press; Auflage: New edition (27. März 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0091874564
- ISBN-13: 978-0091874568
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,4 x 12,6 x 1,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (2 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 402.169 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Sarah Champion
Tony Hawks' debut book, The Round Ireland with a Fridge, was an irreverent satire. The topic of the sequel is even more absurd. Like Round Ireland, it supposedly originates from an obscure bet. This time, Hawks bets he can't track-down the Moldovan football team and beat them all at tennis. The loser must perform the Moldovan national anthem naked on Balham High Road. However, knowledge of tennis and/or football isn't required to enjoy the book.
Hawks' Irish trip was characterised by willing accomplices who joined in the fun. In Moldova, Hawks also expects a good laugh. Despite the rarity of visitors, he receives an apathetic welcome as his mission provokes little more than weak smiles. Tracking down the footballers and persuading them to play turns becomes almost impossible.
The book treads a fine line between brilliant and juvenile, between Jeremy Beadle and the genuinely witty. Hawks' sixth-form joke of presenting a round table to Moldova's new King Arthur is especially cringe-worthy. His experience as a second-division stand-up leads to innumerable trite quips. Still, overall Playing The Moldovans At Tennis is an entertaining, easy read that will make you chuckle. It provides an interesting view of Eastern Europe's post-Communist life, while keeping you in suspense: Will he? Won't he? Suffice to say that, yes, at the end of the book someone does end up naked and singing outside a South London Woolworths. --Sarah Champion --
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*Starred Review*
This might be the all-time wackiest challenge: track down all 11 members of the Moldovan national soccer team, and beat them all at--Are you ready for this?--tennis. Why would anyone undertake such a thing? Well, for starters, the author seems to like strange adventures: witness his previous book, Round Ireland with a Fridge [BKL Mr 1 00], in which Hawks . . . well, traveled around Ireland with a refrigerator. Not only that, but this isn't just a challenge, it's a bet: if he doesn't accomplish his mission by beating 11 men he's never met at a game they may never have played, he'll have to take off all his clothes and sing the Moldovan national anthem (whatever that might be) in the middle of a public thoroughfare. This is an extremely entertaining book--almost as funny as Bill Bryson's wonderfully eccentric travel books (although Hawks still has a way to go to match Bryson's delightful use of language)--and it's a real treat for fans of the weird, the silly, and the out-of-left-field. As a bonus, there's lots of information here about tiny Moldova, stuck in there between Romania and Ukraine, but odds are most readers will be laughing too hard to take much of it in. David Pitt
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This might be the all-time wackiest challenge: track down all 11 members of the Moldovan national soccer team, and beat them all at--Are you ready for this?--tennis. Why would anyone undertake such a thing? Well, for starters, the author seems to like strange adventures: witness his previous book, Round Ireland with a Fridge [BKL Mr 1 00], in which Hawks . . . well, traveled around Ireland with a refrigerator. Not only that, but this isn't just a challenge, it's a bet: if he doesn't accomplish his mission by beating 11 men he's never met at a game they may never have played, he'll have to take off all his clothes and sing the Moldovan national anthem (whatever that might be) in the middle of a public thoroughfare. This is an extremely entertaining book--almost as funny as Bill Bryson's wonderfully eccentric travel books (although Hawks still has a way to go to match Bryson's delightful use of language)--and it's a real treat for fans of the weird, the silly, and the out-of-left-field. As a bonus, there's lots of information here about tiny Moldova, stuck in there between Romania and Ukraine, but odds are most readers will be laughing too hard to take much of it in. David Pitt
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Endlich mal ein Buch, bei dem man unter (Lach-)tränen auch noch etwas lernen kann. Denn das Buch ist keineswegs so sinnlos, wie die aberwitzige Wette vermuten lässt, ganz im Gegenteil: Gerade weil sein Anliegen so ungewöhnlich ist, lernt der Autor das fast vergessene Land am Rande der ehemaligen Sowjetunion von einer Seite kennen, die den meisten anderen Reisenden wohl eher verborgen bleibt. So lernt der Leser gemeinsam mit dem Autor auf humorvolle Weise die Menschen, ihre Mentalität und auch ihre Lebensumstände kennen. Und der typisch britische Humor lässt das ganze keine Sekunde langweilig erscheinen. Ich hoffe, Mr. Hawks wird sich in Zukunft noch öfter auf solch seltsame Wetten einlassen!
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Well, I read "Round Ireland with a fridge" before (in German) and was enthusiastic about it. So I decided to read this one as well. It's like a odyssey through Moldova and other places. He makes crazy experiences again which he describes in his usual humourous way. "Playing the Moldovans at tennis" is a bit more thoughtful since the observations the author does aren't always positive. Sometimes I was a bit annoyed by the somehow "arrogant" attitude towards Eastern-European countries like Moldova which is shared by many "Westerners".
Still it's a great read and I recommend it to everyone who likes Tony Hawks!
Sorry for my bad English.
Still it's a great read and I recommend it to everyone who likes Tony Hawks!
Sorry for my bad English.
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Round Moldova with a Tennis Racket
7. Juni 2001
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
British comedian Tony Hawks doesn't seem to be able to have a conversation without getting into some fantastic bet. His last book recounted his journey, on a dare, to travel "Round Ireland With a Fridge." One of my favorite travel memoirs of the past few years, "Round Ireland" combined outrageous humor with an affectionate portrait of Ireland and her people. His newest, "Playing the Moldovans at Tennis," follows the same path: challenged by his friend Arthur that he can't beat the entire Moldovan national football team at tennis, Tony immediately jets to the tiny Balkan country and is met with frustration at every turn to even get a chance to set foot on a tennis court. Since the loser of the bet strips naked and sings the Moldovan national anthem in public, he doesn't dare lose, but the incredibly different customs of Moldova are against him from Day One. Red tape, diplomacy, and the language barrier rise up to block his success, but for every pushy, arrogant football team manager he comes across there's a dozen friendly, supportive, and helpful journalists, fixers, and everyday folks who are intrigued by and helpful with Tony's seemingly mad quest.
While not as fascinating as "Round Ireland," (there's less of travel interest here to the casual reader), Hawks brings his usual humor punctuated by moments of hilarious despair, and the ending even has a twist that couldn't have been written more cleverly if it had been in a Hollywood movie. In the end it's a gentle and affectionate portrait of the Moldovans, a people and country I knew nothing about before this book. More important, Tony himself sums up the real result of his offbeat quest as *not* the chance to avoid singing starkers outside a London pub, but inspiring a young Moldovan man who, pessimistic at the first, comes to realize a silly impossible pursuit is just as worth doing as a dull everyday task.
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Connecting with the Moldovan people
3. Juni 2001
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
An enjoyable book, like a Bill Bryson book with a basic plot and some human relationships. A British comedian bet that he'd play tennis with every member of a Moldovan international foootball/soccer team he saw play in Britain, and win. And why not?
He knows nothing about Moldova (it's somewhere between Romania and the Ukraine) but he's an optimist, so he gets the most basic of leads and off he goes on his 6-month quest.
It's a mix of an appreciation/travelogue of this emerging, poor country (think Albania with a few nightclubs but no streetlights at night) with a good appreciation of its people (pleasant but whose history has made them fatalistic) and his connection with a generous family who let him in. He can't play against all the footballers there and to complete his bet he needs to visit Northern Ireland for an international football match and a quirky interlude. And then the final footballer has transferred an Israel football club...
I enjoyed it. Hawks gives a good account of his own ups and downs on his 6-month mission, and the interactions with the Moldovans and others brighten his tale.
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Read the book in the country - a hilarious account!
20. November 2005
Format:Taschenbuch
Having just traveled through Moldova on a cycling trip through Eastern Europe, I was fortunate enough to have the chance to read this whilst staying at the one and only hostel in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova.
Tony's bet and ensuing journey make for laugh-out-loud, can't put it down reading. The funniest part it, having seen the country first hand, how remarkably accurate his circumstances and plights are - and similar to many situations I found myself in (though I didn't actually play any tennis whilst there).
The fact Tony takes the bet so seriously and ends up traveling to Israel to complete it speaks volumes for Tony's determination to stick to his guns. His writing, whilst entirely amusing, always is serious and reflective in parts, and balances the entire novel out. There is no question that Tony's travels to Moldova change him as he learns and experiences a part of the world so little know about.
This is a great read for anyone who plans to go or who has been to Moldova, to look back and laugh tongue-in-cheek at the wonderful way of life these people live - or to make you more excited to visit this country totally void of tourists. And if you get the chance to visit Transdnistria - do so - it is one of the single most amazing places in the world...
Tony - 5 stars mate - keep up the great writing; I look forward to your next novel: Across Antarctica with a Pogo Stick.
And if you are looking for that hostel, go to 'marisha dot net'.
Tony's bet and ensuing journey make for laugh-out-loud, can't put it down reading. The funniest part it, having seen the country first hand, how remarkably accurate his circumstances and plights are - and similar to many situations I found myself in (though I didn't actually play any tennis whilst there).
The fact Tony takes the bet so seriously and ends up traveling to Israel to complete it speaks volumes for Tony's determination to stick to his guns. His writing, whilst entirely amusing, always is serious and reflective in parts, and balances the entire novel out. There is no question that Tony's travels to Moldova change him as he learns and experiences a part of the world so little know about.
This is a great read for anyone who plans to go or who has been to Moldova, to look back and laugh tongue-in-cheek at the wonderful way of life these people live - or to make you more excited to visit this country totally void of tourists. And if you get the chance to visit Transdnistria - do so - it is one of the single most amazing places in the world...
Tony - 5 stars mate - keep up the great writing; I look forward to your next novel: Across Antarctica with a Pogo Stick.
And if you are looking for that hostel, go to 'marisha dot net'.
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