Rob Hart is the author of the Ash McKenna detective series and a collection of short stories, Take-Out. Open as seen through the lens of Claudia Rankine's fiercely brilliant words in Citizen: An American Lyric: "What does a victorious or defeated black woman's body in a historically white space look like? Serena and her big sister Venus Williams brought to mind Zora Neale Hurston's 'I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background.' " Living their family's compelling story, the Williams sisters will play first-round matches early next week. Open on the side of a city bus, or watching tennis on TV, or even my own tennis bag in one of those beautiful Vespa taxis in Italy." While reading the novel, I also happened upon Stephan Würth's Tennis Fan (Damiani/D.A.P.), a striking new collection of black & white photographs in which he documents "everything that reminded me of tennis, whether it's an ad for the U.S. It always took her a minute to get used to the atmosphere again, to acclimatize to the intensity of their relations." As his wife, Dana, observes: " Essingers, she thought, looking at herself in the mirror. To watch him play, of course, but also to watch-and watch out for-themselves. It isn't even about Paul, whose Open match is a hub around which his privileged family convenes in the city. He may retire soon, at 33.īut this novel isn't about tennis. He's a gifted player, but not top level ("For awhile it wasn't clear how good he would become, and then it was."). That said, I recently devoured A Weekend in New York by Benjamin Markovits (Faber & Faber), in which Paul Essinger, the 82nd ranked tennis player in the world, prepares for what might be his last U.S. I don't really care much about tennis, though many years ago I loved Abraham Verghese's book The Tennis Partner (Perennial). Next Monday, the best tennis players in the world will face off in the first round of the U.S.
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