The release date for the English version of 'The Art of Fielding' by
Chad Harbach is Sep 2011. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Baseball star Henry Skrimshander attends Westish College, a tiny university near Lake Michigan, and he seemed bound for major league glory. That is, until a routine throw goes horribly wrong, upending the lives of five individuals.
Henry's struggle with self-doubt poses a danger to his prospects. Longtime single Guert Affenlight, the president of the college, has fallen clumsily and hopelessly in love. Henry's homosexual roommate and teammate Owen Dunne becomes entangled in a risky relationship. Henry's closest friend and the Harpooners' captain, Mike Schwartz, comes to the realization that he has steered Henry's career at the price of his own. And Guert's daughter Pella Affenlight, resolved to make a fresh start in life, comes to Westish after fleeing an unhappy marriage.
These five are forced to face their greatest fears, hopes, and secrets as the season draws to a close and the game that will decide everything. They create new ties and support one another in discovering their real destinies throughout this process. The Art of Fielding is a vast and heartfelt book about ambition and its boundaries, family, friendship, and love, as well as commitment - both to oneself and to others. It is written with an unending brilliance and brimming with youthful sensitivity.