This book is beautifully written and is perfect in audio format, so if you are looking to spend your next credit on audible, i recommend this. Open is a superb memoir, but it hardly closes the books on an extraordinary life. I saw very little of andre agassi as i was growing up, but his story is one for the ages. This is an animated book summary video of open by andre agassi. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of.
Agassi s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. That was a bigger shocker to me than the salacious fact that he was on crystal methfor a period of time. While i would have thought that winning is something that he would focus on, andre describes winning as very anticlimatic. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twentytwo agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the games highest honors. How to be good at something you hate open andre agassi. He also compiled one of the best records ever by an american in the davis cup. Andre agassi has said he has no regrets about baring the details of his life in his recently published memoirs and his use of crystal meth, adding that his wife steffi graf was proud of him in. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a florida. Andre agassi often says in open that tennis is a lonely game.
An autobiography 1st edition 1st printing hardcover new york alfred a. Open an autobiography by andre agassi reading guidebook. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 388 pages and is available in hardcover format. Andre agassi s memoir is just as entrancing as his tennis game. As andre agassi walks onto the stage, i see a man that looks as though he has fought many battles.
Open, an autobiography by andre agassi 9780007281435. Agassi writes candidly about his early success and his uncomfortable relationship with fame, his marriage to brooke shields, his growing. Had the authorities known of the treatment he may well have been removed from the family and put into care. The most intriguing, or amusing, thing about brooke shields new autobiography, there was a little girl, may be how she and andre agassi fell in love. The main characters of this non fiction, autobiography story are andre agassi. The hero of this group is definitely gil, agassi s strength teacher. He says he always hated tennis but continued non the less in what appears to be a life long attempt to please his father. His relationships with various women are welldocumented. From andre agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of t. Amid andre agassi s selfserving revelations about drugs and his rivals, geoff dyer finds some thrilling insights into the game of tennis geoff dyer sat.
In singles, agassi is an eighttime grand slam champion and a 1996 olympic gold medalist, as well as being a runnerup in seven other grand slam tournaments. Andre agassi books list of books by author andre agassi. An autobiography by andre agassi reading guidebook. He and brooke shields who i have always had a secret crush on. From andre agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography. Agassi brings a nearphotographic memory to every pivotal match and every relationship. It had everything, a lifetime of experiences and the story about how experiences shaped andre agassi s character the man who hated tennis. Andre agassi has written a tellall book about his life in tennis. Buy second hand books by directly contacting seller on bookflow. In his powerful autobiography, open, tennis legend andre agassi shows us that the language of tennis is much akin to the language of lifeadvantage, service, fault, love. Moehringer, the author of a tender bar and a pulitzer prize winner for his writing was a coauthor of this autobiography. Sampras disappointed by remarks in agassis book fox. Carrie battan on andre agassi s memoir, open, which sheds light on star tennis players and the celebrityindustrial complex. Open is the autobiography of the famous tennis player andre agassi.
Andre agassi has admitted that hes hated tennis throughout his career but still became one of the most successful and charismatic people ever to play the game. Amid andre agassis selfserving revelations about drugs and views on his rivals, geoff dyer finds some thrilling insights into the game. But the writing of this autobiography was a team sport. In the book, andre describes what its like to win and lose a major tennis game. This book gave me goosebumps a number of times, no other book has ever made me feel like that. Revisiting open, andre agassis classic memoir about the. Pete sampras would like a sitdown with longtime american rival. Even those not convinced that andre agassi was the best tennis player of his time will readily admit he outdid all others in attracting attention, beginning in the 1980s, when he was a teenage phenom from las vegas who blazed onto the pro tour in flamboyant, nikesponsored plumage stonewashed denim, skintight hot lava compression shorts. An autobiography, which can be purchased at a lower price at.
He attempts to find himself, but the media calls it rebellion. Gil acts as a proxy father to andre while being his best friend. For agassi helping others has instead become his lifes calling. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. With unflinching honesty, agassi reveals that his seemingly charmed life as a tennis giant was one he deeply hated. Forbes, san francisco chronicle, the washington post far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life. Andre agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. An autobiography, by andre agassi the new york times.
Agassi is an eighttime grand slam champion and a 1996 olympic gold medalist in singles, as well as being a. The first edition of the novel was published in 2009, and was written by andre agassi. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game. An autobiography by andre agassi, paperback barnes. Brooke shields addresses andre agassi honestly in new book. We have two children, a son and daughter, five and. Andre agassi is a retired professional tennis player best known for his strong, smart playing style, which helped him win numerous championships throughout the 1990s. Andre agassi endured a cruel childhood under the brutal tutelage of his father.
Agassi is a someone who you can learn just as much from his mistakes and weaknesses, as you can his strengths. The theme of the book is, in fact, agassis overwhelming disdain for tennis. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twentytwo agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth. What i got was an open athlete who has told his life as it.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of andre agassi books online. During its press run, agassi foregrounded his relationship with his. Booktopia has open, an autobiography by andre agassi. Andre kirk agassi is a retired american professional tennis player and former world no. Andre agassi away from the tennis court to discuss agassi s harsh. A new york times notable book one of the best books of the year. Andre agassi played tennis professionally from 1986 to 2006. Pdf open book by andre agassi free download 388 pages. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Bracingly devoid of triumphalist homily, andre agassis is one of the most passionately antisports books ever written by a superstar athlete.
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