The Rise
Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality
$36.25
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
26 January 2023
Summary
Kobe Bryant is a legend – The Rise is a fascinating look at his early life and how he became regarded as one of basketball’s greatest-ever players.
Kobe Bryant’s death in January 2020 did more than rattle the worlds of sports and celebrity. It took the tragedy of that helicopter crash to reveal the full breadth and depth of Kobe’s influence. By tracing and telling the oft-forgotten and lesser-known story of his early life, The Rise p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529096064 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529096065 |
| Author: | Mike Sielski |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 26 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 302g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 130mm x 198mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
What incredible insight into the rise of Kobe Bryant … Captivating from start to finish. A must read – Billy King, former general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers and Brooklyn Nets
Richly detailed and beautifully written … Even readers who have never watched a basketball game will be riveted by Mike Sielski’s page-turning portrait of a young Kobe Bryant – Abbott Kahler (aka Karen Abbott), New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of Eden Park
Mike Sielski
Mike Sielski is a columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and the author of The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality and several other books. The Associated Press Sports Editors voted him the USA’s top sports columnist in 2015, and his previous book, Fading Echoes: A True Story of Rivalry and Brotherhood from the Football Field to the Fields of Honour, was published in 2009. Sielski lives in Bucks County, PA, with his wife and two sons.
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