Showing results for title "Uncommon Type", by author "Tom Hanks" in All Categories

A collection of 17 wonderful short stories showing that Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor. A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game - and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves.

Un amable inmigrante del este de Europa llega a Nueva York tras ver destruida su vida y su familia a causa de la guerra civil de su país. Un hombre que ama los bolos juega una partida perfecta… y luego otra, y otra, y muchas más seguidas, hasta que acaba convertido en la nueva celebridad del canal de deportes ESPN, y entonces debe decidir si la fama y la perfección combinadas han arruinado lo que más ama en el mundo.