{"product_id":"i-am-zlatan-my-story-on-and-off-the-field-9780812986921","title":"I Am Zlatan: My Story on and Off the Field","description":"Daring, flashy, innovative, volatile--no matter what they call him, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of soccer's brightest stars. A top-scoring striker and captain of the Swedish national team, he has dominated the world's most storied teams, including Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, and Paris Saint-Germain. But his life wasn't always so charmed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born to Balkan immigrants who divorced when he was a toddler, Zlatan learned self-reliance from his rough-and-tumble neighborhood. While his father, a Bosnian Muslim, drank to forget the war back home, his mother's household was engulfed in chaos. Soccer was Zlatan's release. Mixing in street moves and trick plays, Zlatan was a wild talent who rode to practice on stolen bikes and relished showing up the rich kids--opponents and teammates alike. Goal by astonishing goal, the brash young outsider grew into an unlikely prodigy and, by his early twenties, an international phenomenon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told as only the man himself could tell it, featuring stories of friendships and feuds with the biggest names in the sport, \u003ci\u003eI Am Zlatan\u003c\/i\u003e is a wrenching, uproarious, and ultimately redemptive tale for underdogs everywhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eI Am Zlatan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Terrific . . . Far more insightful than your typical jock memoir, Ibra's book tells his story of growing up as the son of immigrants in Sweden and pulls no punches when it comes to his opinions of some of the biggest names in the game.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most compelling autobiography ever to appear under a footballer's name.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The story of Zlatan--from his days as an immigrant kid juggling a soccer ball so he won't get bullied to his emergence as the genius player who scored the greatest goal ever--is as compelling and fancy-footed as his game.\"\u003cb\u003e--Aleksandar Hemon, National Book Award finalist and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lazarus Project\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I love this book. I love it because it's so much bigger than soccer. \u003ci\u003eI Am Zlatan\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of hope and grit and what an immigrant kid who comes from nothing can accomplish with hard work and belief in himself. It's also a beautiful window into our new, more open, more diverse world.\"\u003cb\u003e--Marcus Samuelsson, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eYes, Chef\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Probably the bestselling European immigrant's tale since Zadie Smith's \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Once you get past the obligatory snigger prompted by the phrase 'footballer's autobiography, ' you can see that Zlatan's book strangely resembles an earlier immigrant's tale: \u003ci\u003ePortnoy's Complaint\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He is skillful. He is outspoken. He is Zlatan.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The best sports autobiography in years.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePolicyMic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812986921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.14h x 5.19w x 0.88d","brand":"Zlatan Ibrahimovic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644460200092,"sku":"9780812986921","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0d100cd3-dd3a-444d-9bed-a08f4ca662f7.jpg?v=1603858681","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-am-zlatan-my-story-on-and-off-the-field-9780812986921","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}