Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780224091664
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 343 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 29 mm
One of the most remarkable sports books ever written… A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke… stands as the definite work on mental illness in football - Sam Wallace, Daily Telegraph
Incredible… It’s a stunning, fascinating and ultimately heartbreaking piece of work that has done so much to further the understanding between mental illness and sport. It is also a reminder that, for all the status and all the luxury which come with being a professional footballer, those lucky enough to make a career from the game are still human beings, too - Tom Hopkinson, People
An intensely moving book that transcends football - Raphael Honigstein, Guardian
A tragic book, but a brilliant one. Reng's is one of the best sports books to have been published in years - Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
This is a powerful book which transcends football. - Sport Magazine
Couldn't put it down.
Robert Enke was a football player, a goalkeeper, but don't be fooled that this book will only appeal to football fans. In this book the sport plays a secondary role, it's mainly...
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Robert Enke hoped to write his life story with his good friend Ronald Reng. Tragically Reng was left with the task of writing the book alone after Enke took his own life after battling severe depression throughout... More
Just to say this is an out and out five star read. An eloquent, measured and very moving account of the life of a deeply troubled elite sportsman who simply found the pressure of performing and of pleasing others too... More
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