Robert Enke: A too-short life

ProductPress"Had the circumstances not so sad, it would be the combination of recorder and described call a fluke. Reng knows the sport like no other journalist. (...) In minute detail, only now and then a key witness, a detail too many calls, Reng tells the dramatic life of a seemingly quiet man. "Time" Ronald Reng sink knew better than other sports journalists. And he says more than other sports journalists. At some point we have to write my life time, Robert Enke had once told him. Maybe it's the best book in this column. "Star Robert Enke was a book about his life and suffering in professional football writing, together with his friend Ronald Reng. The sports journalist had to write this book alone. Reng it looks behind the facade of a man who served until shortly before his death as an athlete. (...) Rengs book provides insights into a world where the player becomes a commodity to be and feel as a commodity. Show weakness is impossible "3sat Reng, Ronald: Robert Enke." The author is cautious enough to make the causal connection to explicitly open. And to let him implicitly with the reader. An answer to the question whether he could have candid about his illness and still could have continued playing, is not Ronald Reng. He does not. Not as a friend or at least companion, who he worked for Robert Enke. Do not tell the author that describes certain extent, which was not to have to. And to be able to. It pays to read this book. "N-tv.de" smart on how wisely Ronald Reng the eventful career of Robert Enke linked with the development of his mental capacity. (...) Reng has considerable literary qualities, has poetic ideas, then back up and laid the motion on key moments. "BooksSummaryOf all the football players Robert Enke was an exceptional personality in the German goal. As overwhelming talent with 20 destined to play for the legendary FC Barcelona, ​​he was 25, a forgotten talent and established finally, when it seemed almost too late, even as a world class goalkeeper. Ronald Reng told of successes and failures, but above all he tells the story behind the public man: Robert Enke was always willing to listen to the concerns of those who surrounded him. And did not even spared major tragedies like the death of his young daughter. His suicide shocked Germany and touched far beyond the world of football.