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Part epic reading guide and part biography of a music legend, <i>Bowie’s Bookshelf</i> is a collection of mini-essays exploring David Bowie’s list of 100 favorite books in the context of the artist’s life and work. Imagine a beloved friend sharing their favorite books with you—the ones that shaped them, made them who they are, and inspired them to achieve their dreams. Now imagine that friend is David Bowie. Three years before he died, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award-winning artist David Bowie shared a list of the hundred books that changed his life—a wide-ranging and eclectic selection that spans beloved classics like F. Scott Fitzgerald’s <i>The Great Gatsby </i>and George Orwell’s <i>1984</i>, to more esoteric gems like Fran Lebowitz’s <i>Metropolitan Life </i>and Hubert Selby Jr.’s <i>Last Exit to</i><i> Brooklyn</i>, and even cult comic strips like <i>Beano </i>and <i>Raw.</i> <i>Bowie</i>’s<i> Bookshelf</i> celebrates each of Bowie’s favorite books with a dedicated mini-essay, exploring each work within the context of Bowie’s life and its role in shaping one of the most versatile, avant-garde, and cutting-edge musicians of the twentieth century. A fresh approach to celebrating the enduring legacy of David Bowie, <i>Bowie’s Bookshelf</i> is a resounding tribute to the power art has to change our lives for the better.
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Bowie's Bookshelf, John O. Connell
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- Année de publication
- 2019
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- Titre
- Bowie's Bookshelf
- Sous-titre
- The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- John O. Connell
- Éditeur
- Gallery Books
- Publié
- 2019
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1982112549
- ISBN13
- 9781982112547
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Biographies, Art, Thématique musicale, Classiques, Autobiographies et mémoires, Biographies, Presse d'opinion & Essais, Angleterre, Grande-Bretagne, Critique littéraire, Écrits rassemblés, Sur les livres, Années 80 du XXe siècle, Années 70 du XXe siècle
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- Part epic reading guide and part biography of a music legend, <i>Bowie’s Bookshelf</i> is a collection of mini-essays exploring David Bowie’s list of 100 favorite books in the context of the artist’s life and work. Imagine a beloved friend sharing their favorite books with you—the ones that shaped them, made them who they are, and inspired them to achieve their dreams. Now imagine that friend is David Bowie. Three years before he died, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award-winning artist David Bowie shared a list of the hundred books that changed his life—a wide-ranging and eclectic selection that spans beloved classics like F. Scott Fitzgerald’s <i>The Great Gatsby </i>and George Orwell’s <i>1984</i>, to more esoteric gems like Fran Lebowitz’s <i>Metropolitan Life </i>and Hubert Selby Jr.’s <i>Last Exit to</i><i> Brooklyn</i>, and even cult comic strips like <i>Beano </i>and <i>Raw.</i> <i>Bowie</i>’s<i> Bookshelf</i> celebrates each of Bowie’s favorite books with a dedicated mini-essay, exploring each work within the context of Bowie’s life and its role in shaping one of the most versatile, avant-garde, and cutting-edge musicians of the twentieth century. A fresh approach to celebrating the enduring legacy of David Bowie, <i>Bowie’s Bookshelf</i> is a resounding tribute to the power art has to change our lives for the better.