Patch

John McPhee’s The Patch is just that: patches of work across a writer’s lifetime that come together to form a quilt of essays, reflections and reminiscences.

Ranging across a variety of genres and styles, subjects and moods, his patches are collected from writings that have not previously appeared in any book.

This collection is divided into Part I ‘The Sporting Scene’ and Part II ‘An Album Quilt’. It includes vignettes of his childhood hunting golf balls in the woods, the career and choices of a famous lacrosse coach, Joan Baez’s journey into a musical career, his daughter’s response to a high-school vocabulary test and his travels across the United States.

John McPhee’s singular style keeps each patch fitting comfortably with the next; each text falls seamlessly within the rhyme and rhythm of a larger work.Fit to be consumed all at once, or savoured piecemeal, The Patch gives a full taste of his impeccable power over language.

Patch-ul lui John McPhee este tocmai asta: petice de lucru de-a lungul vietii unui scriitor care se reunesc pentru a forma o plapuma de eseuri, reflectii si reminiscente. Peste o varietate de genuri si stiluri, subiecte si stari, patch-urile sale sunt colectate din scrieri care au care nu a mai aparut anterior in nicio carte. Aceasta colectie este impartita in partea I „Scena sportiva” si partea a II-a „O alba”.