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Sto caricando le informazioni... Things the Grandchildren Should Know (2008)di Mark Oliver Everett
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Mark Oliver Everett, el llamado ‘Kurt Vonnegut’ del rock independiente, líder y cerebro de la banda Eels, es hijo del físico cuántico Hugh Everett, que inventó la teoría de los mundos paralelos y en ellos se perdió cuando E, como también se conoce al autor de este libro, tenía 19 años. Con el cadáver del padre iba a empezar un ciclo de desgracias que culmina en una rara y preciosa autobiografía musical, porque la desgracia siempre dio mejores historias y sobre todo si son de Everett, que se ha puesto a escribir y componer en lugar de, por ejemplo, lanzarse al precipicio. Reading the words of Mark Everett comforts me. He removes the flowery, poetry shit that a lot of people feel they need to pad the books about their lives with. Blunt, like his music, you can take it or leave it. And while the man has no children, let alone grandchildren, the book allows anyone who wants to know him easy access into his mind. It's one of the greatest memoirs I've ever read, and the best book I've read this year - which is still young, by the way. Like his music, Everett's book has its own tone. It allows you to relate to a man you'd think wouldn't have anything in common with the rest of us. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
How does one young man survive the deaths of his entire family and manage to make something worthwhile of his life? In Things The Grandchildren Should Know Mark Oliver Everett tells the story of what it's like to grow up the insecure son of a genius in a wacky Virginia Ice Storm-like family. Left to run wild with his sister, his father off in some parallel universe of his own invention, Everett's upbringing was 'ridiculous, sometimes tragic and always unsteady'. But somehow he manages to not only survive his crazy upbringing and ensuing tragedies; he makes something of his life, striking out on a journey to find himself by channelling his experiences into his, eventually, critically acclaimed music with the Eels. But it's not an easy path. Told with surprising candour, Things The Grandchildren Should Know is an inspiring and remarkable story, full of hope, humour and wry wisdom. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Be warned though, so much tragedy has befallen "E" that it's harrowing at times. I had to read it at intervals, so I didn't get too bummed out. All of this being said, it's a great book and a must for any fans of the band and people who've never heard of him alike.
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