The 'wrong-footed soccer maiden' who bridged Manhattan and Beijing
July 18, 2009
MP3 Audio: Interview with Gay Talese (46.60mb) Download
By: John Turnbull visit website
Genre: Sports
Tags: 1999, china, football, literature, nonfiction, soccer, women
Gay Talese refers to the setting at the Women's World Cup final on July 10, 1999 - the tableau of winning penalty-kick taker Brandi Chastain mobbed by teammates in a swirl of confetti and California sun - as a "stadium sky jet-streamed with jingoism." But his interest was in the Chinese player who missed her penalty kick, Liu Ying. Liu's story takes up much of Talese's memoir, A Writer's Life.
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