The most recent issue of Granta Magazine begins with a wonderful essay with this title by Bosnian writer Aleksander Hemon about how, as an exile in Chicago in the 1990s, he found a community in football. Here is an excerpt:
“. . . this, gentlemen, is what this little narrative is about: the moment of transcendence that might be familiar with those who practise sports with other people; the moment, arising from the chaos of the game, when all your teammates occupy the ideal position on the field; the moment when the universe seems to be arranged by a meaningful will that is not yours; the moment that perishes — as moments tend to — when you complete the pass. . .”
