{"id":38490,"date":"2024-12-19T19:28:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T19:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/barbarian-days-a-surfing-life-pulitzer-prize-winner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T19:28:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T19:28:57","slug":"barbarian-days-a-surfing-life-pulitzer-prize-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/barbarian-days-a-surfing-life-pulitzer-prize-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\nPrice: <span style=\"color:#b12704\"><del>$19.00<\/del> - $13.78<\/span><br \/><i><small>(as of Dec 19, 2024 19:28:57 UTC &#8211; <span class=\"wp_automatic_amazon_disclaimer\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/dp\/0143109391?tag=musadiqhus0f2-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/valvepress.s3.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/buy_now.png\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n  **Winner of the\u00a02016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography**<\/p>\n<p>Included in\u00a0President Obama\u2019s 2016 Summer Reading List<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout a doubt, the finest surf book I\u2019ve ever read . . . \u201d\u00a0\u2014The New York Times Magazine<\/p>\n<p>Barbarian Days\u00a0is William Finnegan\u2019s memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Raised in California and Hawaii, Finnegan started surfing as a child. He has chased waves all over the world, wandering for years through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa. A bookish boy, and then an excessively adventurous young man, he went on to become a distinguished writer and war reporter.\u00a0Barbarian Days\u00a0takes us deep into unfamiliar worlds, some of them right under our noses\u2014off the coasts of New York and San Francisco. It immerses the reader in the edgy camaraderie of close male friendships forged in challenging waves.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Finnegan shares stories of life in a whites-only gang in a tough school in Honolulu. He shows us a world turned upside down for kids and adults alike by the social upheavals of the 1960s. He details the intricacies of famous waves and his own apprenticeships to them. Youthful folly\u2014he drops LSD while riding huge Honolua Bay, on Maui\u2014is served up with rueful humor. As Finnegan\u2019s travels take him ever farther afield, he discovers the picturesque simplicity of a Samoan fishing village, dissects the sexual politics of Tongan interactions with Americans and Japanese, and navigates the Indonesian black market while nearly succumbing to malaria. Throughout, he surfs, carrying readers with him on rides of harrowing, unprecedented lucidity.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Barbarian Days\u00a0is an old-school adventure story, an intellectual autobiography, a social history, a literary road movie, and an extraordinary exploration of the gradual mastering of an exacting, little-understood art.<\/p>\n<p> Publisher                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Penguin Books; Reprint edition (April 26, 2016) <br \/> Language                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 English <br \/> Paperback                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 464 pages <br \/> ISBN-10                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 0143109391 <br \/> ISBN-13                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 978-0143109396 <br \/> Item Weight                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 14.1 ounces <br \/> Dimensions                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 1.3 x 5.4 x 8.3 inches <\/p>\n<div id=\"product-summary\" data-hook=\"cr-insights-widget-summary\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none\">\n<div class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-\">\n<h3 data-hook=\"cr-insights-heading-label\" class=\"a-size-base-plus a-color-base a-text-bold\">Customers say<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"a-spacing-small\"><span>Customers find the book engaging and well-written. They appreciate the author&#8217;s insight and perspective on life. The storytelling evokes the ethos of surfing and provides an insightful look into the world of surfing before it became what it is today. Readers describe the narrative as interesting and moving, with travel details all around the globe. Overall, they find the book to be intelligent and a beautiful piece of literary work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-csa-c-item-id=\"ai_generated_text_banner\" data-csa-c-owner=\"CustomerReviews\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"cr-product-insights-cards_ai-generated-text\" data-csa-c-type=\"uxElement\" data-hook=\"cr-insights-ai-generated-text\" class=\"a-size-small a-color-secondary\">AI-generated from the text of customer reviews<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> **Winner of the\u00a02016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography** Included in\u00a0President Obama\u2019s 2016 Summer Reading List \u201cWithout a doubt, the finest surf book I\u2019ve ever read . . . \u201d\u00a0\u2014The New York Times Magazine Barbarian Days\u00a0is William Finnegan\u2019s memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. 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