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Autobiography de Morrissey

Autobiography: Penguin Modern Classics

Autor Morrissey
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Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982-1987), Morrissey has been a solo artist for twenty-six years, during which time he has had three number 1 albums in England in three different decades.

Achieving twelve Top 10 albums (plus nine with the Smiths), his songs have been recorded by David Bowie, Nancy Sinatra, Marianne Faithfull, Chrissie Hynde, Thelma Houston, My Chemical Romance and Christy Moore, amongst others.

An animal protectionist, in 2006 Morrissey was voted the second greatest living British icon by viewers of the BBC, losing out to Sir David Attenborough. In 2007 Morrissey was voted the greatest northern male, past or present, in a nationwide newspaper poll. In 2012, Morrissey was awarded the Keys to the City of Tel-Aviv.

It has been said'Most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status that Morrissey has reached in his lifetime.'

Autobiographycovers Morrissey's life from his birth until the present day.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780141394817
ISBN-10: 0141394811
Pagini: 480
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Seria Penguin Modern Classics

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982-1987), Morrissey has been a solo artist for twenty-six years, during which time he has had three number 1 albums in England in three different decades.

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Five stars. With typical pretension, Morrissey's first book has been published as a Penguin Classic. It justifies such presentation with a beautifully measured prose style that combines a lilting, poetic turn of phrase and acute quality of observation, revelling in a kind of morbid glee at life's injustice with arch, understated humour ... It is recognisably the voice of the most distinctive British pop lyricist of his era
A brilliant and timely book ... What is so refreshing about Morrissey'sAutobiographyis its very messiness, its deliriously florid, overblown prose style, its unwillingness to kowtow to a culture of literary formula and commercial pigeon-holing ...Autobiographyis a true baggy monster, a book in which a distinctive prose style is allowed to develop ... A rococo triumph ... Overwhelmingly this is a book to be thankful for ... In the ways that matter,Autobiographyreads like a work of genuine literary class
Sharply written, rich, clever, rancorous, puffed-up, tender, catty, windy, poetic, and frequently very, very funny. Welcome back, Morrissey
Rancorous, rhapsodic, schizophrenic:Autobiographydelivers a man in full
If one is willing to accept that a Morrissey book could be a classic, then the book justifies its status remarkably early on. ... As a work of proseAutobiographyis a triumph of the written word
Funnier than theIliad... A triumph
One of the autobiographies of this or any year ... A wonderfully entertaining read. He's as witty, acerbic and opinionated as you'd expect, but there's a welcome self-awareness throughout that makes the dramatic flourishes and hyperbolic dismay all the more hilarious. He may have more flaws than Manchester's Arndale Centre but he's just brilliantly, uniquely Morrissey
Morrissey'sAutobiographyis brilliant and relentless. Genius, really
Well, so far Morrissey's book is an absolute masterpiece; no doubt the whole stinking country will hate it.
This is the best book ever. Like ever
Carried along on quite extraordinary prose
The Best Music Biog Ever ... In the world of rock autobiographies, Morrissey's is nigh-on perfect
Practically every paragraph has a line or two that demands to be read aloud to the mirror, tattooed on foreheads, carved on tombstones
Morrissey is a pop star of unusual writing talent
Autobiographyis a rich and substantial work, the figure emerging at its centre both compelling and complex. Those who know his music will be unsurprised by the qualities of Morrissey's prose, which is ornate, windswept, elusive yet never tricksy, and full of unexpected twists and thrusts. He writes with understanding (albeit often with atout comprendre c'est rien pardonnercaveat) and is most of all straightforwardly moving; never more so than when writing about his childhood
Autobiographydoesn't disappoint. In its pages Morrissey manages to perform the neat trick of deconstructing his own myth while at the same time adding to it. Old scores are settled and anyone who ever crossed the singer is neatly decapitated herein by withering, barbed prose. Things could have gone very differently for Morrissey. He could have ended up cleaning canal banks or delivering the post for a living. Both of these outcomes would have left the world a far duller place.Autobiographyis the man in his own words and, Morrissey being Morrissey, this means that we are presented with an account that is real and fantastic, unapologetically romantic and brutally honest. The die-hard fans have read the book already but for anyone with even a passing interest in what makes one of the most individual and unflinching voices in British pop music tick,Autobiographyis essential