
Searching for Bobby Fischer
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Narrado por:
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Lloyd James
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Fred Waitzkin
Fred Waitzkin was smitten by chess during the historic Fischer-Spassky championship in 1972. When Fischer disappeared from public view, Waitzkin’s interest waned—until his own son, Josh, emerged as a chess prodigy.
Searching for Bobby Fischer is the story of Fred Waitzkin and his son, from the moment six-year-old Josh first sits down at a chessboard until he competes for the national championship. Drawn into the insular, international network of chess, they must also navigate the difficult waters of their own relationship. All the while, Waitzkin searches for the elusive Bobby Fischer, whose myth still dominates the chess world and profoundly affects Waitzkin’s dreams for his son.
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“Superb....narrator Lloyd James...so fully inhabits the first-person narrative that he turns the book into a disturbing and fascinating character study." (AudioFile)
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First of all, the book is mostly about Josh's father as a parent of a chess prodigy, whereas the movie was about Josh, the chess prodigy. It was interesting, as it had application to any endeavor in which the child has the talent, and the parent struggles with pushing the child. But it wasn't particularly entertaining.
My two stars for the narration primarily related to the production. Sentences and paragraphs were frequently repeated, back to back. It was quite annoying.
Very different than the movie
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I often recognized parts of my conflicted self as an Art teacher at an elementary School for the Arts, stage mother and hockey mother. The descriptions of chess parents of exceptionally gifted children were spot on. How to maximize performance but not crush or warp the child? Where does my ego end and my child begin?
The narrator’s descriptions of tournaments were gripping even though I do not understand the game deeply.
The description and trajectory of Bobby Fischer was both humorous and tragic, as is the status of chess in America. I feel my eyes are now open to a rarified tribe that plays for love, beauty, and adventure much as other artists struggle in the twilight between starvation and adulation. May these rare, precious thinkers find support and acclaim of an advanced society instead of the indifference of a boorish one.
Inspiring and Honest
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interesting view of the world of chess
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The book, like the film, takes a game that most people have only a passing knowledge of, and makes it exciting. Fred’s son, Josh, is as compassionate in this telling, and Fred’s criticism of himself is introspective and revealing.
I’ve rarely read a non-fiction book this gripping, and now want to watch the film again with this expanded view of the story in my head.
The reader was conversational and matter-of-fact, while still showing excitement and intensity at appropriate moments.
Well done.
What Good Books Do
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The only drawback I had was there were several repeated sections of about 10 to 15 seconds throughout the book which unfortunately prevented this from getting all five stars in all categories.
A fantastic execution of terrific content!
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Not nearly as good as the movie
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The story kind of mirrors the movie. But where the movie uses at least one chess duel that the screenwriter crafted for dramatic effect, this effort gives us the more down-to-earth reality. Not negative, really, but, rather, spread out across hours. You come away with a liking for the boy and his dad, but without the heartstring tugs that the movie made up. The book is broader, well written, and informative.
NARRATOR: Excellent. Relaxed, easy to listen to, with a remarkable feature that I've never heard before, across hundreds of audiobooks: He emotes appropriately. Over and over, as if Fred Waitzkin himself were speaking, this narrator speaks through a broad smile, or he chuckles, or inserts tones of voice - all at appropriate moments (Remember that this book itself is Fred "talking" to us, with Lloyd James using his voice to give life to Fred's words. It is not a drama.) If I ever write a similar book, I want THIS guy!
PRODUCTION: Yes, the producers wasted a total perhaps 45 seconds of my time by repeating a couple of sentences on three separate occasions. Big deal, NOT.
Wonderful look at the Chess universe
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Very enjoyable!
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Entertaining Story
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Chapters that lull.
Interesting story
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