The Legend of Bagger Vance (novel)

The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life
Author Steven Pressfield
Country United States
Language English
Genre Fiction
Published 1995
Pages 288

The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life is a 1995 American novel by Steven Pressfield that was adapted into the 2000 film The Legend of Bagger Vance.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

During the Great Depression of 1931, two legends of golf, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, compete in a thirty-six-hole showdown. Another golfer also competes, a troubled local war hero named R. Junuh with a mentor and caddie, the mysterious Bagger Vance.

Similarities to the Hindu epic Mahabharata

The plot is loosely based on the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita, where the Warrior/Hero Arjuna (R. Junuh) refuses to fight. The god Krishna appears as Bhagavan (Bagger Vance) to help Arjuna follow the path of the warrior and hero that he was meant to take. This relationship was fully explained by Steven J. Rosen in his 2000 book Gita on the Green, for which Pressfield wrote the foreword.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Steven Pressfield (1995-05-01). "Fiction Book Review: The Legend of Bagger Vance: Golf and the Game of Life by Steven Pressfield". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  2. ↑ "The Legend of Bagger Vance". Steven Pressfield. 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  3. ↑ Steven Pressfield. "The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life by Steven Pressfield — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  4. ↑ Pressfield, Steven. "The Legend Of Bagger Vance by Steven Pressfield - Books - Random House Books Australia". Randomhouse.com.au. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  5. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=ONDYJTXf8loC


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