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Cargando... Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Geniuspor Nick Hornby
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. NF I can appreciate the sentiment that the author has for these two artists, but I can't say that he made a special case for unique similarities between the two. Both were prolific, both were poor...and? The author is quick to point out many other artists share these similarities—-so the point of the book is??? The truth is, there’s nothing significantly unique that links these two together that couldn’t be said of zillions of other celebrities that could be inserted into place instead. I also get annoyed when an author spends too many words quoting the words of others---especially in such a short work. And speaking of words, the comparison between the two artists’ contribution of words falls flat when you ask the question, what did their words actually contribute to society? In short, Dickens’ words sparked permanent social reform, including child labor laws, in both England and the US. Prince gave us the recorded orgasms of his ex-girlfriend. Not a fan. This is a study of Dickens and Prince and what they accomplished and at comparable ages. They seem to come from different areas yet when Mr. Hornby looks at the two of them, they are more alike than different. He looks at when the released their largest bodies of work, their popularity, and their downfall--women and egos. Both felt they were being taken advantage of and not paid for their work. I would have never thought to compare these men and yet I found this interesting though occasionally over my head as I was not as familiar with Prince's work as I was Dickens. I learned a lot. This was a different type of read for me and I recommend it. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML:??An ardent fan letter from Hornby that makes you want to re-read Great Expectations while listening to Sign o?? the Times.? ??Vogue From the bestselling author of Just Like You, High Fidelity, and Fever Pitch, a short, warm, and entertaining book about art, creativity, and the unlikely similarities between Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and modern American rock star Prince Every so often, a pairing comes along that seems completely unlikely??until it??s not. Peanut butter and jelly, Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong Un, ducks and puppies, and now: Dickens and Prince. Equipped with a fan??s admiration and his trademark humor and wit, Nick Hornby invites us into his latest obsession: the cosmic link between two unlikely artists, geniuses in their own rights, spanning race, class, and centuries??each of whom electrified their different disciplines and whose legacy resounded far beyond their own time. When Prince??s 1987 record Sign o?? the Times was rereleased in 2020, the iconic album now came with dozens of songs that weren??t on the original?? Prince was endlessly prolific, recording 102 songs in 1986 alone. In awe, Hornby began to wonder, Who else ever produced this much? Who else ever worked that way? He soon found his answer in Victorian novelist and social critic Charles Dickens, who died more than a hundred years before Prince began making music. Examining the two artists?? personal tragedies, social statuses, boundless productivity, and other parallels, both humorous and haunting, Hornby shows how these two unlikely men from different centuries ??lit up the world.? In the process, he creates a lively, stimulating rumination on the creativity, flamboyance, discip No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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