Bob Dylan - Chronicles: Volume One

Bob Dylan's <I>Chronicles: Volume One</I> explores the critical junctions in his life and career. Through Dylan's eyes and open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first arrives in Manhattan. Dylan's New York is a magical city of possibilities: smoky, nightlong parties; literary awakenings; transient loves and unbreakable friendships. Elegiac observations are punctuated by jabs of memories, penetrating and tough. With side trips to New Orleans, Woodstock, Minnesota and points west, <I>Chronicles: Volume One</I> is an intimate and intensely personal recollection of extraordinary times.<p> Revealing, poetical, passionate and witty, <I>Chronicles: Volume One</I> is a mesmerizing window on Bob Dylan's thoughts and influences. Dylan's voice is distinctively American: generous of spirit, engaged, fanciful, and rhythmic. Utilizing his unparalleled gifts of storytelling and the exquisite expressiveness that are the hallmarks of his music, Bob Dylan turns <I>Chronicles: Volume One</I> into a poignant

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Bob Dylan's Creative Process and Influences revealed in Chronicles

byChrisJarmick Mar 26, 2012
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Pros Dylan's creative process and well written prose
Cons many if you're expecting a tell-all biography
Recommended it? Yes

2004’s Chronicles: Volume One is the first installment of Bob Dylan's autobiography (and we’re still waiting for Volume 2).  It begins as he is about to sign his first recording contract and then flashes back several months when he first arrived in New York City’s Greenwich... Read full review »

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Authors Bob Dylan
Narrator Sean Penn

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DigitalSimon & Schuster Audio9780743544702

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