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Paul Simon - The Life (Hardcover)
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Paul Simon - The Life (Hardcover)
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List price R838
Loot Price R557
Discovery Miles 5 570
You Save R281 (34%)
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The Times Book of the Year '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...great songs can never be fully explained, but the
great man on his way to find those songs surely can.' - Bono
Through such hits as "The Sound of Silence," "Bridge Over Troubled
Water," "Still Crazy After All These Years," and "Graceland," Paul
Simon has spoken to us in songs for a half-century about
alienation, doubt, survival, and faith in ways that have
established him as one of the most honoured and beloved songwriters
in American pop music history. Yet Simon has refused to talk to
potential biographers and urged those close to him to also remain
silent. But Simon not only agreed to talk to biographer Robert
Hilburn for what has amounted to more than sixty hours, he also
encouraged his family and friends to sit down for in-depth
interviews. Paul Simon is a revealing account of the challenges and
sacrifices of artistry at the highest level. He has also lived a
roller-coaster life of extreme ups and downs. We not only learn
Paul's unrelenting drive to achieve artistry, but also the
subsequent struggles to protect that artistry against distractions
- fame, wealth, marriage, divorce, drugs, complacency, public
rejection, self-doubt - that have frequently derailed pop stars and
each of which he encountered. From dominating the charts with Art
Garfunkel and a successful reinvention as a solo artist, to his
multiple marriages and highly publicized second divorce from Carrie
Fisher, this book covers all aspects of this American icon. '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
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