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"David Bowie was a master of artifice and reinvention. In that same spirit, illustrator Mara ia Hesse and writer Fran Ruiz have created a vivid retelling of the life of David Robert Jones, from his working-class childhood to glam rock success to superstardom, concluding with the final recording sessions after his cancer diagnosis. Narrated from the rock star's point of view, Bowie colorfully renders both the personal and the professional turning points in a life marked by evolution and innovation. We see Bowie facing the sorrow of his brother's mental illness, kicking a cocaine habit while other musicians succumbed to deadly overdoses, contending with a tumultuous love life, and radiating joy as a father. Along the way, he describes how he shattered the boundaries of song and society with a counterculture cast that included Iggy Pop, Brian Eno, and Freddie Mercury--as well as his own creations, Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke."--Publisher's description.… (meer)
I got this from the library because I thought it was a graphic novel biography, but OOPS it is instead a fictionalized first-person life of Bowie with each two-page spread having about a page worth of typeset text and a very large illustration. Sort of a young adult picture book. No real depth, with the added bonus of having to figure out which bits are lies. Hrmm.
I'm not a fan of the art, especially since it is not good at capturing the likeness of Bowie or the many famous people he encounters over the years. ( )
This one left me wondering why anyone thought it was a good idea. The art is atrocious, and the text is a really weird first person narration of dubious accuracy. Truthfully, it comes across as a G-rated re-imagining of Velvet Goldmine.( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
If I've been at all responsible for people finding more characters in themselves than they originally thought they had, then I'm pleased. - David Bowie to Alan Yentob, in the documentary Cracked Actor (1975)
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Eerste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
I'm Major Tom.
Citaten
Laatste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
I looked forward and smiled. But what I saw, I won't reveal.
"David Bowie was a master of artifice and reinvention. In that same spirit, illustrator Mara ia Hesse and writer Fran Ruiz have created a vivid retelling of the life of David Robert Jones, from his working-class childhood to glam rock success to superstardom, concluding with the final recording sessions after his cancer diagnosis. Narrated from the rock star's point of view, Bowie colorfully renders both the personal and the professional turning points in a life marked by evolution and innovation. We see Bowie facing the sorrow of his brother's mental illness, kicking a cocaine habit while other musicians succumbed to deadly overdoses, contending with a tumultuous love life, and radiating joy as a father. Along the way, he describes how he shattered the boundaries of song and society with a counterculture cast that included Iggy Pop, Brian Eno, and Freddie Mercury--as well as his own creations, Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke."--Publisher's description.
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I'm not a fan of the art, especially since it is not good at capturing the likeness of Bowie or the many famous people he encounters over the years. (