The Story of John Nightly (EPUB) von Tot Taylor
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ISBN-13:
9781783523214
Veröffentl:
2017
Einband:
EPUB
Seiten:
0
Autor:
Tot Taylor
eBook Format:
EPUB
eBook-Typ:
Reflowable EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Kurzbeschreibung
'War and Peace for creatives' (Bob and Roberta Smith) – this epic novel traces the rise and fall of a 1970s songwriter/composer from childhood to old age, exploring the wider repercussions of creativity and success
Beschreibung
'I loved the creativity, the unpredictability, its dazzling coverage of so many ideas' Rob Cowan
'Superb . . . An original character and an original book' David Quantick,Record Collector
Can John Nightly be brought back to life again?
John Nightly (b. 1948) finds his dimension in pop music, the art form of his time. His solo album becomes one of 1970's bestselling records but success turns out to have side effects.
Supermaxed in LA after a dazzling career, John renounces his gift, denying music and his very being, until he is rediscovered in Cornwall thirty years later by a teenage saviour dude, who persuades him to restore and complete his quasi-proto-multimedia eco-Mass, theMink Bungalow Requiem.
This epic novel mixes real and imagined lives in the tale of a young singer-songwriter, to tell a story about creativity at the highest level the level of genius.
'Superb . . . An original character and an original book' David Quantick,Record Collector
Can John Nightly be brought back to life again?
John Nightly (b. 1948) finds his dimension in pop music, the art form of his time. His solo album becomes one of 1970's bestselling records but success turns out to have side effects.
Supermaxed in LA after a dazzling career, John renounces his gift, denying music and his very being, until he is rediscovered in Cornwall thirty years later by a teenage saviour dude, who persuades him to restore and complete his quasi-proto-multimedia eco-Mass, theMink Bungalow Requiem.
This epic novel mixes real and imagined lives in the tale of a young singer-songwriter, to tell a story about creativity at the highest level the level of genius.
Autor
Tot Taylor is a writer, composer, art curator and music producer. He has worked in music, film, theatre and the visual arts since being signed by Island Records while still at school. For the past thirteen years, he has been co-curator of the Riflemaker gallery in Beak Street, Soho, which he co-founded with Virginia Damtsa. Their artists have been featured at Tate Modern, MoMA, the Pompidou Center and Frieze Masters, among others.The Story of John Nightly is his first novel.
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The Story of John Nightly von Tot Taylor - mit der ISBN: 9781783523214
FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / General; FICTION / Performing Arts / Music; 1960s; 1970s; Beatles; Cambridge; London; art; bands; counterculture; creativity; culture; history; music; novel; pop; rock, Online-Buchhandlung
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