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Summary: One of the most spiritually uplifting novels ever written
Review: This book was absolutely phenomenal. Never have I read a book, regardless of subject, that left me so simultaneously emotionally drained and spiritually uplifted. The author does a simply amazing job of leading the reader on a completely unpredictable journey of self discovery, personal enlightenment, and wonderous exploration of the "Authentic Swing". A must read!!
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Summary: A gem of a book that golfers will read for decades to come
Review: Next year will mark my 50th year in book publishing. There have been only a few times when a manuscript arrived on my desk which seemed compellingly unique and truly magic. THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE by Steven Pressfield was one of those rare occasions. There was something about this story that whispered to me it had a chance to become a little classic. Now that the book has been published I am happy to say that is just what's happening. I've never had so many unsolicited passionately enthusiastic comments for a book. I believe the reason is that this singular story teaches that in life as well as in golf the real contest is within oneself. Please read it yourself and you'll see what I mean.
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Summary: This book changed my life!
Review: Pressfield paints a magical tale woven around golf, timeless values, and the importance of ones heritage. Upon reading "Bagger Vance" I realized my own need to find my authentic "swing" and ironically sought (and found) a career in golf. This book, simply stated, changed my life and my golf game. It made my time on the course more meaningful and the time off the course more defined.I have given this book to numerous people to share my love of golf, and the important values inherent in the tradition of the game.
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Summary: Great golf story.
Review: The Legend of Bagger Vance rates up there with Golf in the Kingdom as one of the best stories about the metaphysical side of the game ever told. Great reading.
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Summary: Absolutely a must read
Review: Wether golf is your game or you are ready to take on the game of life, "The Legend of Bagger Vance" is a must read novel Follow two of golfs greatest players as they are matched up along side Savannah's local hero as each player comes to realize that golf is the only true game and is not so different then life itself Bagger Vance teaches player and spectator alike that life is nothing short of a great battlefield, and that to be victorious, you must search for your authentic swing. Be all of who your creator intended you to be.
Steven Pressfield waxes genious in his novel of the game that lasts a lifetime
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Summary: A great book about the inherently mystical nature of golf.
Review: Golf is the purest of sports because it requires even the weekend duffer to lose himself (and herself) in the "field." Golf cannot be successfully played by trying to do it. The golfer has to let go, surrender to the arising field of "world" and "mind." Pressfield has captured this most elusive of golf's mysteries in this marvelous little book.
The dedicated golfer will recognize the inherent truth in Bagger Vance's advice and counsel. The spiritual initiate will recognize the timeless "person" who is Bagger Vance. Golf and the Guru; what a combination.
The question I was left with was, Did Krishna play golf with Arjuna
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Summary: This book will touch your soul not to mention your golf game
Review: For anyone who plays golf and embraces life with the concept of a loving benevolent God, you not only must read this book
by Steven Pressfield, you must own it. Through prose that will
both captivate and move you, Pressfield tells the wonderful story of a fictitious golf match between Bobby Jones, Walter
Hagen and a local war hero from South Georgia in the 1930s. Accompanying the war hero is Bagger Vance, a mysterious black
man who turns out to be much more than a simple caddy. You won't be able to put this down, but when you finally do after
the last page, you'll feel blessed for having read it.
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Summary: This book will touch your soul not to mention your golf game
Review: For anyone who plays golf and embraces life with the concept of a loving benevolent God, you not only must read this bookby Steven Pressfield, you must own it. Through prose that will both captivate and move you, Pressfield tells the wonderful story of a fictitious golf match between Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen and a local war hero from South Georgia in the 1930s. Accompanying the war hero is Bagger Vance, a mysterious black man who turns out to be much more than a simple caddy. You won't be able to put this down, but when you finally do after the last page, you'll feel blessed for having read it.
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Summary: Very good - Very different from the movie.
Review: I read this book after seeing Robert Redford's movie of the same name. Interestingly, Redford both added to, and took away from, the book in order to arrive at the story for his movie.
The book is intended to be a modern version of the Bhagavad Gita, told using golf as a metaphor rather than war. It is an ambitious effort by Pressfield that comes across far darker and deeper than the movie. Redford, on the other hand, focuses his movie on portions of the book and gives it a lighter feeling, making it a more clear-cut tale of redemption.
Both are very good, but they are also very different. I highly recommend the book even if you've already seen the movie - you'll only recognize a little of what's here.
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Summary: WELL...MAYBE NOT.
Review: The title, THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE, is a very loose tie between the movie and this book. Beyond that, things get a little dicey and I am not sure that I can give the book the same rave reviews that I gave the movie.
Well, actually, it's a lot easier than that. The book falls considerably short of what the movie became under the masterful touch of Robert Redford. Like his work on THE HORSE WHISPERER, Redford was able to make a movie that improves upon a book and get to the nugget of a great story, leaving out stuff that seems sometimes to ooze from the imagination of an author who gets too caught up in and excited about the supposed profoundness of his own story. In the end that's the real problem with THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE (the book). Pressfield, obviously an individual who feels much for the game of golf and its parallels with life, gets sucked into the out-of-control upward spiral of his awe for the game. He likely collapsed after writing several of the more revved up passages. It wasn't enough to call golf a game, Pressfield had to take the next step and try to build a case for golf as the basis for a lost and resurgent religion. Bagger Vance as a wild pagan god of war? Junah as a bizarre victim of what can best be described as Jack Nicklaus on a bummer trip? The golf swing--the Authentic Swing--as an essential component of and precursor to achieving a peaceful and happy existence? All way too weird and ethereal for me! But there are many redeeming factors to this book. Read chapter 11 with its descriptions of the golf swing as a metaphor. Read chapter 12 with its descriptions of the game in comparison to other sports and the sheer difficulty of the game. Read chapter 16 with its wonderful wordsmithing about the importance of a good grip, more on the game's difficulty and the individual nature of golf competition. Finally, the beginning paragraphs of chapter 20 speak briefly, but eloquently, about the need for a golfer to be keenly aware of the clubhead and the power that comes in the golf swing from a deliberately wide swing arc. Other than these references you are on your own. Rent of buy the movie and enjoy its simple but profound appreciation for golf as probably the greatest game ever devised by man and leave most of the book to the arena of too much information or, perhaps, to too much imagination.
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