Open

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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Forbes, San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post
"Honest in a way that such books seldom are. An uncommonly well-written sports
"Not your typical jock-autobio fare. This literate and absorbing book is, as the title baldly states, Agassi's confessional, a wrenching chronicle of his lifelong search for identity and serenity, on and off the court."
"Fascinating. . . . Inspiring . . Open describes Agassi's personal odyssey with brio and unvarnished candor." —The Wall Street Journal
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. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, Agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the game's highest honors by the age of twenty-two. But as he reveals in this... Tovább

Fülszöveg

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Forbes, San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post
"Honest in a way that such books seldom are. An uncommonly well-written sports
"Not your typical jock-autobio fare. This literate and absorbing book is, as the title baldly states, Agassi's confessional, a wrenching chronicle of his lifelong search for identity and serenity, on and off the court."
"Fascinating. . . . Inspiring . . Open describes Agassi's personal odyssey with brio and unvarnished candor." —The Wall Street Journal
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. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, Agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the game's highest honors by the age of twenty-two. But as he reveals in this searching autobiography, off the court he was often unhappy and confused, unfulfilled by his great achievements in a sport he had come to resent. Agassi writes candidly about his early success and his uncomfortable relationship with fame, his marriage to Brooke Shields, his growing interest in philanthropy, and— described in haunting, point-by-point detail—the highs and lows of his celebrated career.

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Front cover photograph: > Martin Schoeller/AUGUST
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U.S. S15.95 Can. S17.95 Biography/Sports ISBN 978-0-307-38840-7

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