![]() ![]() ![]() "But perhaps this book will do something to help depressives find more sympathy and understanding." It is a tribute to Enke and the author that Reng succeeds so judiciously. "It would be too much to hope that the illness will be understood all of a sudden," writes Reng. He builds a portrait of someone who felt trapped and provides a painful and poignant analysis of the psychological damage inflicted by the depression Enke left untreated for fear of exposing himself as weak. ![]() Reng does not attempt to gloss a grim and troubling story with melodrama and simply chronicles Enke's life and the effects his illness had on his family and career. The translator, Shaun Whiteside, deserves credit for treating the understated spirit of the original German text so respectfully and with such skill. Reng brings into sharp relief the specific demands and fears faced by those who play top-level sport. On November 10, 2009, the German national goalkeeper, Robert Enke, stepped in front of a passing train. Reng uses the material with great sensitivity to offer a rare insight into the torments of depression but never lapses into sentimentality, employing a spare prose style to convey the facts he discovers about a friend who dedicated such ultimately debilitating concern to keeping them concealed. A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke What people are saying - Write a review Other editions - View all About the author (2011) Bibliographic. Ronald Reng pieces together the puzzle of Robert Enkes life. Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, the biography of Robert Enke, the international footballer with the world at his feet who took his own lifeHere, award-winning writer Ronald Reng pieces together the puzzle of his lost friends life. ![]()
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