The Sick Bag Song
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (770 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0544814657 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This beautifully packaged hardcover will be a centerpiece for any fan's library, as well as a poetic introduction for the uninitiated to the limitless imaginative universe of this living legend. . Drawing inspiration from Leonard Cohen, John Berryman, Patti Smith, Sharon Olds, folk ballads and ancient texts, The Sick Bag Song takes the form of a quest, turning over questions of creativity, loss, death, and romance. Both mythic and grounded in the now, it lies somewhere between The Waste Land and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It is also a companion piece to the Sundance award-winning feature documentary 20,000 Days on Earth. It soon grew into a restless full-length contemporary odyssey. Spurred by encounters with modern-day North America, beset by longing and exhaustion, Cave teases out the significant moments, the people, the books, and the music that have influenced him. From the inimitable Nick Cave comes a mesmerizing exploration of love, inspiration, and memory that chronicles
"Reality" according to MC. This book is a very clever way of writing about life on tour. It shows the excitement and the boredom that exists despite most peoples belief that it must be the most exciting thing in the world.. I am incredibly biased because i love Nick Cave I am incredibly biased because i love Nick Cave, but over all it didn't really inspire me or make me feel something like Nick normally does.. Buy it. Read it. Love it. Brilliant Cave!
It makes perfect sense to call this book a “song”; it is sung with a voice of memory and yearning."—BOOKLIST"Cave’s stream-of-consciousness writing definitely makes this an engrossing read, enmeshing the reader fully in the musician’s perspective." —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"A dark journey written in a style you might describe as modern beatnikYou can at times detect the rhythms of Ginsberg’s famous poem Howl in Cave’s proseIt’s a book of longing and there are many passages that are beautiful and engaging.There is humou