Open an autobiography by andre agassi reading guidebook. Andre agassi is an american retired professional tennis player and former world no. For agassi helping others has instead become his lifes calling. 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. 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. One of the most striking parts of the book is andre s experimentation with his personality. Agassi writes candidly about his early success and his uncomfortable relationship with fame, his marriage to brooke shields, his growing. 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. An autobiography 1st edition 1st printing hardcover new york alfred a. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a florida. Had the authorities known of the treatment he may well have been removed from the family and put into care. Buy second hand books by directly contacting seller on bookflow. Revisiting open, andre agassis classic memoir about the.
That was a bigger shocker to me than the salacious fact that he was on crystal methfor a period of time. He says he always hated tennis but continued non the less in what appears to be a life long attempt to please his father. I saw very little of andre agassi as i was growing up, but his story is one for the ages. 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.
Andre agassi often says in open that tennis is a lonely game. Agassi brings a nearphotographic memory to every pivotal match and every relationship. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 388 pages and is available in hardcover format. 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.
Open is a superb memoir, but it hardly closes the books on an extraordinary life. 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. While i would have thought that winning is something that he would focus on, andre describes winning as very anticlimatic. Carrie battan on andre agassi s memoir, open, which sheds light on star tennis players and the celebrityindustrial complex. In the book, andre describes what its like to win and lose a major tennis game. Pdf open book by andre agassi free download 388 pages. From andre agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of t. Open, an autobiography by andre agassi 9780007281435. Agassi s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. This is an animated book summary video of open by andre agassi. An autobiography by andre agassi reading guidebook. Often ranked number one, he captured eight grand slam singles championships. He also compiled one of the best records ever by an american in the davis cup. Andre kirk agassi is a retired american professional tennis player and former world no.
By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. The hero of this group is definitely gil, agassi s strength teacher. But the writing of this autobiography was a team sport. An autobiography, by andre agassi the new york times.
Open is the autobiography of the famous tennis player andre agassi. During its press run, agassi foregrounded his relationship with his. 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. An autobiography by andre agassi, paperback barnes. His relationships with various women are welldocumented. Bracingly devoid of triumphalist homily, andre agassis is one of the most passionately antisports books ever written by a superstar athlete. Andre agassi away from the tennis court to discuss agassi s harsh. As andre agassi walks onto the stage, i see a man that looks as though he has fought many battles. How to be good at something you hate open andre agassi. Sampras disappointed by remarks in agassis book fox.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of andre agassi books online. 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. By sharing an unvarnished, at times inspiring story in an arresting, muscular style, agassi may have just penned one of the best sports autobiographies of all time. Andre agassi endured a cruel childhood under the brutal tutelage of his father. Andre agassi s memoir is just as entrancing as his tennis game. 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. An autobiography, which can be purchased at a lower price at. The main characters of this non fiction, autobiography story are andre agassi. 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.
Andre agassi books list of books by author andre agassi. The theme of the book is, in fact, agassis overwhelming disdain for tennis. Andre agassi played tennis professionally from 1986 to 2006. He and brooke shields who i have always had a secret crush on.
Brooke shields addresses andre agassi honestly in new book. Gil acts as a proxy father to andre while being his best friend. A new york times notable book one of the best books of the year. What i got was an open athlete who has told his life as it. 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. 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. Agassi is an eighttime grand slam champion and a 1996 olympic gold medalist in singles, as well as being a. 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. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of. 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 had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. He attempts to find himself, but the media calls it rebellion.
Agassi is a someone who you can learn just as much from his mistakes and weaknesses, as you can his strengths. 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. Booktopia has open, an autobiography by andre agassi. We have two children, a son and daughter, five and. Moehringer, the author of a tender bar and a pulitzer prize winner for his writing was a coauthor of this autobiography. With unflinching honesty, agassi reveals that his seemingly charmed life as a tennis giant was one he deeply hated. This book gave me goosebumps a number of times, no other book has ever made me feel like that. 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. Pete sampras would like a sitdown with longtime american rival.