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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1501112120
ISBN-13
9781501112126
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239412421
Product Key Features
Book Title
Paul Simon : the Life
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Composer & Musician, Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
26.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-015535
Reviews
PRAISE FOR PAUL SIMON: THE LIFE "When it comes to writing songs, no one does it better than Paul Simon. Robert Hilburn's is a wise and winning account of our most nimble, nuanced, and numinous poet-musician." --Paul Muldoon "There are two great storytellers colliding here. There's no tougher a mind, no more tender a voice than Paul Simon, and there's no better man than Robert Hilburn to decipher the hardwiring of this hyperintellect. From the prologue I was sucked in, suckered into a sense that I too might discover the genetic code of some of the greatest songs of any century. By the epilogue, you realize the great songs can never be fully explained, but the great man on his way to find those songs surely can." --Bono "A tantalizing look into the mind and writing process of the man who is arguably the finest craftsman of the American popular song since the Gershwin brothers, this book will delight any Paul Simon fan or student of popular culture." --Linda Ronstadt, PRAISE FOR JOHNNY CASH: THE LIFE New York Times' Michiko Kakutani's 10 Favorite Books of 2013 An NPR, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year Clive Davis's Favorite Book of the Year in The Wall Street Journal's 50 Notable People "A thorough and thoughtful portrait of the Man in Black and a deep appreciation of his artistry . . . Hilburn writes most powerfully about Cash's trajectory as an artist. . . . His writing is as authoritative as it's engaging when he's discussing the singer-songwriter's music." --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times "An excellent biography . . . A story that's both larger and more fascinating than the legend . . . Hilburn has created the definitive narrative of this 'symbol of American honor, compassion and struggle.' It's a biography worthy of its subject." -- USA Today "The result of Hilburn's wrestling with his subject's life and with his own moral compass is perhaps the richest biography of a musician I have ever read, and one of the best biographies I have read, period. . . . Hilburn knows how to organize a life in print skillfully. . . . Hilburn is a first-rate stylist. His sentences often sing." -- Atlanta Journal Constitution "A comprehensive and thoughtful biography, cognizant always of how hard it is for heroes to make it in America . . . Hilburn does an artful, enviable job of reconciling all the facets [of Cash] . . . [and] writes with a remarkably steady hand. . . . Johnny Cash is measured and mindful, allowing of all the paradoxical bits that constitute a human life." -- Los Angeles Times "Hilburn's Johnny Cash: The Life is the big biography Cash's fans have been waiting for since the singer's death in 2003 and Hilburn doesn't let them down." --Jeff Baker, The Oregonian "The ultimate Johnny Cash bio . . . Rock writer great Robert Hilburn goes deep." -- Rolling Stone "Do we really need another Johnny Cash book? Yes, we really do, as it turns out, because Johnny Cash is so very good. . . . Hilburn's work is far and away the most insightful, entertaining, comprehensive, and well-told Cash biography to date." -- Slate "It's a rare gift to be given the opportunity to step far back from the confusing miasma of one's own childhood to see the entire soaring arc of a parent's life, and to be able to look clear-eyed at the puzzle of his character and the kaleidoscope of pain and beauty. This is the breathtaking gift Robert Hilburn has given me in a definitive biography of my father that is excruciatingly honest, rigorously researched, and has the depth and integrity that his subject demands. I had to take many breaks while reading this book to assimilate all the stories I knew, but had never put in a narrative context, being claustrophobically close to not only the events themselves but the resonance of those events. I felt dizzy from the sense of time travel and from the odd notion that Hilburn's masterful organization of the paradoxes and the fullness of who Johnny Cash was--and is--satisfies not only my father's family and fans, but himself as well. To those who fiercely cling to a one-dimensional view of my father to satisfy their own ideals--dark or light, saint or sinner, right or left--I challenge them to read this book and begin to understand a far, far more interesting and complex man: a truly great, visionary artist, a deeply flawed human being capable of experiencing inconceivable amounts of both love and pain, and a huge spirit who now belongs to the ages." --Rosanne Cash, PRAISE FOR PAUL SIMON: THE LIFE "In this detailed recounting of the life of Paul Simon, veteran biographer Robert Hilburn delivers a lively, eye-opening tale of the evolution of a doo-wop kid from Queens into an international musical phenomenon. Best of all, Hilburn's telling runs at just the right pace as it brings us inside Simon's personal life, as well as inside his music--often song by song--while illuminating Simon's ingenious adaptations of music from all over the world." --Billy Collins "Master storyteller and interviewer Robert Hilburn knows how to draw the best from an artist. The intimacy of these interviews gives Paul Simon: The Life the feel of Paul Simon's best work, generous and witty and so rich in detail. It'll send you back to the music with all these soul-stirring stories still in your heart." --Cameron Crowe "There are two great storytellers colliding here. There's no tougher a mind, no more tender a voice than Paul Simon, and there's no better man than Robert Hilburn to decipher the hardwiring of this hyperintellect. From the prologue I was sucked in, suckered into a sense that I too might discover the genetic code of some of the greatest songs of any century. By the epilogue, you realize the great songs can never be fully explained, but the great man on his way to find those songs surely can." --Bono "When it comes to writing songs, no one does it better than Paul Simon. Robert Hilburn's is a wise and winning account of our most nimble, nuanced, and numinous poet-musician." --Paul Muldoon "A tantalizing look into the mind and writing process of the man who is arguably the finest craftsman of the American popular song since the Gershwin brothers, this book will delight any Paul Simon fan or student of popular culture." --Linda Ronstadt, "Energetic and elegant . . . Hilburn's brilliant and entertaining portrait of Simon will likely be the definitive biography." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In this detailed recounting of the life of Paul Simon, veteran biographer Robert Hilburn delivers a lively, eye-opening tale of the evolution of a doo-wop kid from Queens into an international musical phenomenon. Best of all, Hilburn's telling runs at just the right pace as it brings us inside Simon's personal life, as well as inside his music--often song by song--while illuminating Simon's ingenious adaptations of music from all over the world." --Billy Collins "Master storyteller and interviewer Robert Hilburn knows how to draw the best from an artist. The intimacy of these interviews gives Paul Simon: The Life the feel of Paul Simon's best work, generous and witty and so rich in detail. It'll send you back to the music with all these soul-stirring stories still in your heart." --Cameron Crowe "There are two great storytellers colliding here. There's no tougher a mind, no more tender a voice than Paul Simon, and there's no better man than Robert Hilburn to decipher the hardwiring of this hyperintellect. From the prologue I was sucked in, suckered into a sense that I too might discover the genetic code of some of the greatest songs of any century. By the epilogue, you realize the great songs can never be fully explained, but the great man on his way to find those songs surely can." --Bono "When it comes to writing songs, no one does it better than Paul Simon. Robert Hilburn's is a wise and winning account of our most nimble, nuanced, and numinous poet-musician." --Paul Muldoon "A tantalizing look into the mind and writing process of the man who is arguably the finest craftsman of the American popular song since the Gershwin brothers, this book will delight any Paul Simon fan or student of popular culture." --Linda Ronstadt, PRAISE FOR PAUL SIMON: THE LIFE "There are two great storytellers colliding here. There's no tougher a mind, no more tender a voice than Paul Simon, and there's no better man than Robert Hilburn to decipher the hardwiring of this hyperintellect. From the prologue I was sucked in, suckered into a sense that I too might discover the genetic code of some of the greatest songs of any century. By the epilogue, you realize the great songs can never be fully explained, but the great man on his way to find those songs surely can." --Bono "A tantalizing look into the mind and writing process of the man who is arguably the finest craftsman of the American popular song since the Gershwin brothers, this book will delight any Paul Simon fan or student of popular culture." --Linda Ronstadt
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
782.42164092 B
Synopsis
A publishing event from music legend Paul Simon: an intimate, candid, and definitive biography written with Simon's full participation--but without his editorial control--by acclaimed biographer and music writer Robert Hilburn. For more than fifty years, Paul Simon has spoken to us in songs about alienation, doubt, resilience, and empathy in ways that have established him as one of the most beloved artists in American pop music history. Songs like "The Sound of Silence," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "Still Crazy After All These Years," and "Graceland" have moved beyond the sales charts and into our cultural consciousness. But Simon is a deeply private person who has resisted speaking to us outside of his music. He has said he will not write an autobiography or memoir, and he has refused to talk to previous biographers. Finally, Simon has opened up--for more than one hundred hours of interviews--to Robert Hilburn, whose biography of Johnny Cash was named by Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times as one of her ten favorite books of 2013. The result is a landmark book that will take its place as the defining biography of one of America's greatest artists. It begins in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, where, raised by a bandleader father and schoolteacher mother, Simon grew up with the twin passions of baseball and music. The latter took over at age twelve when he and schoolboy chum Art Garfunkel became infatuated with the alluring harmonies of doo-wop. Together, they became international icons, and then Simon went on to even greater artistic heights on his own. But beneath the surface of his storied five-decade career is a roller coaster of tumultuous personal and professional ups and downs. From his remarkable early success with Garfunkel to their painfully acrimonious split; from his massive early hits as a solo artist to the wrenching commercial failures of One-Trick Pony and Hearts and Bones ; from the historic comeback success of Graceland and The Rhythm of the Saints to the star-crossed foray into theater with The Capeman and a late-career creative resurgence--his is a musical life unlike any other. Over the past three years, Hilburn has conducted in-depth interviews with scores of Paul Simon's friends, family, colleagues, and others--including ex-wives Carrie Fisher and Peggy Harper, who spoke for the first time--and even penetrated the inner circle of Simon's long-reclusive muse, Kathy Chitty. The result is a deeply human account of the challenges and sacrifices of a life in music at the highest level. In the process, Hilburn documents Simon's search for artistry and his constant struggle to protect that artistry against distractions--fame, marriage, divorce, drugs, record company interference, rejection, and insecurity--that have derailed so many great pop figures. Paul Simon is an intimate and inspiring narrative that helps us finally understand Paul Simon the person and the artist. "With train-wreck moments and tender interludes alike, it delivers a sharply detailed Kodachrome of a brilliant musician" ( Kirkus Reviews ).
LC Classification Number
ML420.S563H55 2018
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