Shoeless Joe, W. P. Kinsella
Shoeless Joe, W. P. Kinsella
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Shoeless Joe

Author: W. P. Kinsella

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 7 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/19/2011

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy

Synopsis

Shoeless Joe, the soulstirring novel on which the movie Field of Dreams is based, is more than just another baseball story. Kinsella captures the spiritual dimension that baseball represents for its most determined devotees in this tale of love and the power of dreams to make people come alive. Shoeless Joe is the great Joe Jackson, one of the eight members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox who were banned from baseball for throwing the World Series. One day, while out in his corn field, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears the voice of a baseball announcer saying, If you build it, he will come. He, of course, is Ray's hero, Joe Jackson. It is a baseball stadium, which Ray carves out of his corn field.

About W. P. Kinsella

W. P. Kinsella (1935-2016) was a Canadian novelist, short-story writer, and poet who won numerous awards for his work, including the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship and the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor. In 1993 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, their highest civilian honor. He is best known for his novel Shoeless Joe, basis for the award-winning motion picture Field of Dreams.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on December 04, 2020

3.5 to 4 Stars Usually the book is better, in this case I think it was the movie. Shoeless Joe was made into the movie Field of Dreams. While the book was pretty good, the movie tidied up the narrative quite a bit, streamlined the messy parts, and hit the high emotional moments just right to hit home.......more

Goodreads review by H (no longer expecting notifications) Balikov on May 25, 2021

Round 2 I haven’t tired of the story of a man named Ray Kinsella who builds a baseball park in an Iowa cornfield in the hope that Shoeless Joe Jackson will come there to play. Ray needs his wife, Annie, and his daughter, Karin, to anchor his life that drifts with his vocations. His small farm, in a go......more

Goodreads review by Cherie on August 21, 2016

I don't have enough words to say how much I loved this book. I've waited a long time to read it. It has never been the right time until this weekend. I know that sounds cryptic, but there was a reason. If you have ever watched the movie, Field of Dreams and love baseball, this book is a must read. G......more

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