Title
The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality,Used
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"A compelling origin story of a time that really wasn? so long ago but through the lens of tragedy feels like forever. Kobeologists will devour this book, reveling in the anecdotes about his intensity & the engaging game recaps." Associated Press?very superhero needs an origin story.?Jeff PearlmanThe inside look at one of the most captivating and consequential figures in our culturewith neverbeforeheard interviews.Kobe Bryant? death in January 2020 did more than rattle the worlds of sports and celebrity. The tragedy of that helicopter crash, which also took the life of his daughter Gianna, unveiled the full breadth and depth of his influence on our culture, and by tracing and telling the oftforgotten and lesserknown story of his early life, The Rise promises to provide an insight into Kobe that no other analysis has.In The Rise, readers will travel from the neighborhood streets of Southwest Philadelphiawhere Kobe? father, Joe, became a local basketball standoutto the Bryant family? isolation in Italy, where Kobe spent his formative years, to the leafy suburbs of Lower Merion, where Kobe? legend was born. The story will trace his career and life at Lower Merionhe led the Aces to the 199596 Pennsylvania state championship, a dramatic underdog run for a team with just one star playerand the runup to the 1996 NBA draft, where Kobe? dream of playing pro basketball culminated in his acquisition by the Los Angeles Lakers.In researching and writing The Rise, Mike Sielski had a terrific advantage over other writers who have attempted to chronicle Kobe? life: access to a series of neverbeforereleased interviews with him during his senior season and early days in the NBA. For a quarter century, these tapes and transcripts preserved Kobe? thoughts, dreams, and goals from his teenage years, and they contained insights into and told stories about him that have never been revealed before.This is more than a basketball book. This is an exploration of the identity and making of an icon and the effect of his development on those around himthe essence of the man before he truly became a man.
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