{"product_id":"barbarian-days-a-surfing-life-william-finnegan","title":"BARBARIAN DAYS - A Surfing Life by William Finnegan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography 20216.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2016 William Hill sports book of the year prize.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurfing only looks like a sport. To devotees, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a \u003cem class=\"element-background-basic-colors marker\" data-color=\"04b\"\u003emental\u003c\/em\u003e and physical study, a passionate way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Finnegan first started surfing as a young boy in California and Hawaii. Barbarian Days is his immersive memoir of a life spent travelling the world chasing waves through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa and beyond. Finnegan describes the edgy yet enduring brotherhood forged among the swell of the surf; and recalling his own apprenticeship to the world's most famous and challenging waves, he considers the intense relationship formed between man, board and water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarbarian Days is an old-school adventure story, a social history, an extraordinary exploration of one man's gradual mastering of an exacting and little-understood art. It is a memoir of dangerous obsession and enchantment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAuthor: William Finnegan | Paperback | 19 x 12 x 3,5 cm | \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eEnglish | 512 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57112647631113,"sku":null,"price":13.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/9564\/2964\/files\/BarbarianDaysREBELSURFCOMPANY.jpg?v=1780602780","url":"https:\/\/rebelfins.com\/en\/products\/barbarian-days-a-surfing-life-william-finnegan","provider":"REBEL SURF COMPANY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}