Owen, on the other hand, can’t cope with his emotions. Henry is stunned, but he is ready to play the game and win it in Guert’s honor. Before the game begins, the tragic news arrives. In South Carolina, the Harpooners take the field for their all-important game. He doesn’t want anyone to feel responsible for his death, but he simply can’t imagine starting over anywhere else. When Henry leaves for a championship game in South Carolina, Guert kills himself. Guert tells Henry that he’s proud of him for overcoming his anxieties. The Harpooners win their next run of games, and Henry re-joins the team. Guert sinks into a terrible depression, becoming suicidal. Guert feels that his life is over, and he thinks that Pella will never forgive him. The whole town finds out and everyone is horrified. Owen is heartbroken because he loves Guert. Guert reaches a new low point when the college administration discovers his affair with Owen. He wonders if recruiting Henry for the Harpooners was the biggest mistake of his life because Henry is succeeding and he’s failing. Mike tells Henry that he never wants to speak to him again.
Owen and Guert feel caught in the middle of everything. Everything gets worse when Mike dumps Pella and she sleeps with Henry as payback. Pella recently left her husband, and she’s looking for a distraction. He applied to law school and he is upset that he was rejected. Meanwhile, Mike sleeps with Guert’s daughter, Pella. Owen knows that it’s wrong, but he can’t help himself. He decides to pursue Guert, and they sleep together. He can’t find a boyfriend, and he feels bad for Henry. Owen is a fellow freshman who doesn’t know much about baseball, but he’s a genius with a promising academic future.
However, he soon makes friends with his roommate, Owen. Struggling with shyness, he wonders how to make friends. When Henry arrives on campus, he finds the whole college experience overwhelming. He vows to recruit Henry once school starts. A fellow student, Mike, sees Henry playing baseball one day and knows he’s perfect for the school team, the Harpooners. Although there are five significant characters, the protagonist is Henry Skrimshander, a quiet but talented athlete from South Dakota attending Westish College in the fall. The Art of Fielding takes place at the fictional college, Westish College, in Wisconsin. He graduated from Harvard University and received an MFA from the University of Virginia. Harbach, a novelist and editor, writes about everything from sports to environmentalism. Critics praise the book for its coming of age themes. Harbach’s debut novel, The Art of Fielding received nominations for awards including the 2012 Guardian First Book Award and the 2012 Andrew Carnegie Medal. The Art of Fielding (2011), a contemporary sports novel by Chad Harbach, explores what happens when one shortstop’s disastrous throw changes the lives of four people.
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