num_pages: 89
description: As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying peoplemen, mostlywho live entirely within themselves. This is a condition that Frank himself aspires to. But at thirty-eight, he suffers from incurable dreaminess, occasional pounding of the heart, and the not-too-distant losses of a career, a son, and a marriage. In the course of the Easter week in which Ford's moving novel transpires, Bascombe will end up losing the remnants of his familiar life, though with his spirits soaring.
language: English
title: Richard Ford Reads the Sportswriter (First Chapter)/Richard Ford Reads Rock Springs
titlecomplete: Richard Ford Reads the Sportswriter (First Chapter)/Richard Ford Reads Rock Springs (Short Story)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Amer Audio Prose Library Inc