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The newest, most updated book on Prince available today—now
updated with information about the afterlife of his work following
his untimely death. Famously reticent and perennially
controversial, Prince was one of the few music superstars who
remained, largely, an enigma—even up to his premature death on
April 21, 2016. A fixture of the pop canon, Prince is widely held
to be the greatest musician of his generation and will undoubtedly
remain an inspiring and singular influence throughout our culture.
This revised and updated second edition of this meticulously
researched biography is the most comprehensive work on Prince yet
published. Unlike other Prince books, this one eschews speculation
into the artist's highly guarded private life and instead focuses
deep and sustained attention exactly where it should be: on his
work. Acclaimed British novelist and critic Matt Thorne draws on
years of research and dozens of interviews with Prince's intimate
associates (many of whom have never spoken on record before) to
examine every phase of the musician's 35-year career, including
nearly every song—released and unreleased—that Prince has
recorded. Originally released in the UK in 2012, this revised and
updated second US edition of Prince includes updated content
regarding work released and made available after the artist’s
death.. This astonishingly rich, almost encyclopedic biography is a
must-have for any serious fan of Prince.
'All Hail, the New Puritans' is the collection of new stories from
the most exciting young novelists today. Inspired by the Dogme 95
group of film makers, the New Puritans are attempting to rediscover
fiction as a discipline rather than a category. 1. Primarily
storytellers, we are dedicated to the narrative form. 2. We are
prose writers and recognise that prose is the dominant form of
expression. For this reason we shun poetry and poetic licence in
all its forms. 3. While acknowledging the value of genre fiction,
whether classical or modern, we will always move towards new
openings, rupturing existing genre expectations. 4. We believe in
textual simplicity and vow to avoid all devices of voice: rhetoric,
authorial asides. 5. In the name of clarity, we recognise the
importance of temporal linearity and eschew flashbacks, dual
temporal narratives and foreshadowing. 6. We believe in grammatical
purity and avoid any elaborate punctuation. 7. We recognise that
published works are also historical documents. As fragments of our
time, all our texts are dated and set in the present day. All
products, places, artists and objects named are real. 8. As
faithful representation of the present, our texts will avoid all
improbable or unknowable speculations on the past or the future. 9.
We are moralists, so all text feature a recognisable ethical
reality. 10. Nevertheless, our aim is integrity of expression,
above and beyond any commitment to form.
As butterflies ominously proliferate into town, the rumour of a
mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school spreads
among the children. When the body of Arie Kimura's mother is found
by this tunnel's entrance, next to apparently human traces, the
legend seems to be confirmed. Is the end of the world coming?"
Legendarily reticent, perverse and misleading, Prince is one of the
few remaining 80s superstars who still, perhaps, remains
unexplained. Now a firm fixture in the pop canon, where such
classics as 'Purple Rain', 'Sign o' the Times' and 'Parade'
regularly feature in Best Ever Album polls, Prince is still, as he
ever was, an enigma. His live performances are legendary (21 Nights
at the O2 in 2007) and while recent releases have been modestly
successful at best, his influence on urban music, and R'n'B in
particular, has never been more evident. The Minneapolis Sound can
now be heard everywhere. Matt Thorne's Prince, through years of
research and interviews with ex-Revolution members such as Wendy
and Lisa, is an account of a pop maverick whose experiments with
rock, funk, techno and jazz revolutionised pop. With reference to
every song, released and unreleased, over 35 years of recording,
Prince will stand for years to come as the go-to book on the Great
Man.
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Otherworld Barbara (Hardcover)
Moto Hagio; Translated by Matt Thorn
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This, the fifth volume of the 'Wandering Son' series continues the
story of Shuichi, the boy who wants to be a girl and his friend
Yoshino, the girl who wants to be a boy. One day, their secret is
revealed and the two find themselves the target of sixth grade
cruelty.
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