The Rise: Kobe Bryant And The Hunt For Immortality

The death of Kobe Bryant in January 2020 shocked everyone. The tragedy of the helicopter crash, which also claimed the life of his daughter Gianna, however revealed the true dimensions of his influence on our culture. The book The Rise promises an in-depth analysis of the Kobe phenomenon, bringing to light the lesser-known early years of his career and reaching the time of his glory with the Lakers. In particular, readers will travel from the streets of Southwest Philadelphia - where Kobe's father, Joe, stood out as a basketball figure - to the isolation of the Bryant family in Italy, where Kobe spent his formative years, and to the suburbs of Lower Merion and the grounds where his legend was born. Important events come to life in the book, such as the winning of the Pennsylvania state championship by an underdog team led by Kobe and its launch as the NBA and the Los Angeles Lakers, while iconic personalities of American and world basketball parade through its pages, like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Mike Szyzewski, Rick Pitino and a host of others. Mike Sielski had access to a series of unreleased interviews he himself had conducted with Kobe during his senior year in high school and his first NBA season. For a quarter of a century these tapes held Kobe's thoughts, dreams and goals from his teenage years and held secrets and unknown stories that had never been revealed.

Category: Biographies
Book age category: 18+
Form pages: 360
Dimensions: 17 x 24
Weight: 0.73 kg