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Bob Dylan - Chronicles

The first volume of the long-awaited Bob Dylan autobiography, CHRONICLES, is a first-person journey through three decades. Dylan travels in time from his Minnesota youth to his 1960s Greenwich Village early years--a period of cultural upheaval whose idiosyncrasies and charming eccentricities he describes in stunning detail--and the equally rich atmosphere of 1980s New Orleans, where he records with producer Daniel Lanois. With genuine enthusiasm, Dylan relates the thrill of meeting his early heroes, like the pioneering folk singers Cisco Houston and the awe-inspiring Dave Van Ronk, and poignantly depicts his visits to the legendary, ailing Woody Guthrie. Flashing forward, Dylan also describes his outraged reaction to the continual invasion of his privacy at his Woodstock home, characterizing himself as having "very little in common with and knowing less about a generation that I was supposed to be the voice of," and adding, "I was more a cowpuncher than a Pied Piper." CHRONICLES emphasizes Dylan's humanity-

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Wonderful and Frustrating

bypvreditor Mar 28, 2005
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Pros Wonderful language; some good insight about songwriting
Cons Frustrating gaps in the history while trivial details abound
Recommended it? Yes

I've been a Bob Dylan fan since the 1960s but the ardor died down to a barely detectable smolder years ago. He has always been capable of knocking a song out of the park but his early songs really did it for me. I'd read a couple of books about Dylan over the years and enjoyed them, and I knew a... Read full review »

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Come Writers And Critics, Bob's Written A Book

bynsign May 25, 2005
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Pros Surprisingly wonderful prose, funny, insightful and highly enjoyable.
Cons Not strictly an autobiography
Recommended it? Yes

Some years ago, when asked who he would like to interview, Bob Dylan replied, "I'd like to interview people who died leaving a great unsolved mess behind, who left people for nothing to do for ages but speculate". Which is how, we all presumed, Dylan himself would leave the tapestry of his life... Read full review »

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Inside Bob Dylan's mind with Chronicles

byjoshg2fl Jan 14, 2005
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Pros Lots of "clues"
Cons A small case of the rambles
Recommended it? Yes

Bob Dylan. Chronicles.

Let's view Chronicles from a distance. Things are harder to see from out here, but simpler.

As we head out for the broader view let me fill you in on the reasons for the trip. We're dealing with Bob Dylan here. Dylan can take you anywhere if you let him... Read full review »

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Chronicles, Volume 1 - Bob Dylan - 9780743244589 - 0743244583

ISBN13: 9780743244589. ISBN10: 0743244583. by Bob Dylan. Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc.. Edition: 04

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Authors Bob Dylan
Nonfiction Category Biography & Autobiography • Music • Fiction Themes
Narrator Sean Penn

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Literary Review: "Dylan writes beautifully, in a wry, muscular bop-prosody, rich in metaphor and hipsterese--laconic and wide-eyed with wonder at the same time."

Book Editions

Audio - Compact DiscAbridgedOctober 05, 2004Simon & Schuster Audioworks5.75"(h) x 5.75"(w) x 1.5"(d), 0.4 lbs.9780743543095

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