Open: An Autobiography
by Andre Agassi
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Author: Andre AgassiReader: Erik Davies
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Published: 2009-11-09
ISBN: 0739358561
Publisher: Random House Audio
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Book Review: Skip the audiobook and read the book
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a tennis fan and have followed Andre Agassi for most of his career. I read a segment of his book and was very excited to read the rest of it. Since I have a long commute, I decided to get the audiobook. Unfortunately, Andre Agassi doesn't read the audio version. Even more unfortunately, the reader who does sounds nothing like him - he has a much lower, more sensual sounding voice that I found annoying. I frequently listen to audiobooks, and on the rare occasion when the reader is not good it never gets any better. It would have been greatly enhanced but him reading his own book, especially given this is an autobiography.
So I read the book instead and it did not disappoint. I thought it was really interesting and hard to put down. I liked Andre a lot better after reading and thought his impressions of different people seemed pretty spot on. The book gets 5 stars, the audio gets a 1.
Summary of Open: An Autobiography
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?s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. He dyes his hair, pierces his ears, dresses like a punk rocker. By the time he turns pro at sixteen, his new look promises to change tennis forever, as does his lightning-fast return.
And yet, despite his raw talent, he struggles early on. We feel his confusion as he loses to the world?s best, his greater confusion as he starts to win. After stumbling in three Grand Slam finals, Agassi shocks the world, and himself, by capturing the 1992 Wimbledon. Overnight he becomes a fan favorite and a media target.
Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match and every relationship. Never before has the inner game of tennis and the outer game of fame been so precisely limned. Alongside vivid portraits of rivals from several generations?Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer?Agassi gives unstinting accounts of his brief time with Barbra Streisand and his doomed marriage to Brooke Shields. He reveals a shattering loss of confidence. And he recounts his spectacular resurrection, a comeback climaxing with his epic run at the 1999 French Open and his march to become the oldest man ever ranked number one.
In clear, taut prose, Agassi evokes his loyal brother, his wise coach, his gentle trainer, all the people who help him regain his balance and find love at last with Stefanie Graf. Inspired by her quiet strength, he fights through crippling pain from a deteriorating spine to remain a dangerous opponent in the twenty-first and final year of his career. Entering his last tournament in 2006, he?s hailed for completing a stunning metamorphosis, from nonconformist to elder statesman, from dropout to education advocate. And still he?s not done. At a U.S. Open for the ages, he makes a courageous last stand, then delivers one of the most stirring farewells ever heard in a sporting arena.
With its breakneck tempo and raw candor, Open will be read and cherished for years. A treat for ardent fans, it will also captivate readers who know nothing about tennis. Like Agassi?s game, it sets a new standard for grace, style, speed, and power.
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