JOHN O'CONNELL
u003cbu003eImagina a un amigo que comparte contigo sus libros favoritos. Ahora imagina que ese amigo es alguien como David Bowie.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e Tres años antes de morir, David Bowie reveló los 100 libros que habían forjado su carrera y cambiado su forma de ver el mundo. Este es su legado y una invitación irresistible a sumergirte de verdad en los libros y en su poder para transformarnos.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e «Un libro absolutamente brillante.»- CAITLIN MORANu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eENGLISH DESCRIPTIONu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eNamed one of u003ciu003eEntertainment Weekly'u003c/iu003es 12 biggest music memoirs this fall. "An artful and wildly enthralling path for Bowie fans in particular and book lovers in general."u003ciu003e --Publishers Weekly u003c/iu003e(starred review)u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003e"The only art I'll ever study is stuff that I can steal from." -David Bowieu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eThree years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e In 100 short essays, music journalist John O'Connell studies each book on Bowie's list and contextualizes it in the artist's life and work. How did the power imbued in a single suit of armor in u003ciu003eThe Iliadu003c/iu003e impact a man who loved costumes, shifting identity, and the siren song of the alter-ego? How did u003ciu003eThe Gnostic Gospels u003c/iu003einform Bowie's own hazy personal cosmology? How did the poems of T.S. Eliot and Frank O'Hara, the fiction of Vladimir Nabokov and Anthony Burgess, the comics of u003ciu003eThe Beano u003c/iu003eand u003ciu003eThe Vizu003c/iu003e, and the groundbreaking politics of James Baldwin influence Bowie's lyrics, his sound, his artistic outlook? How did the 100 books on this list influence one of the most influential artists of a generation?u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Heartfelt, analytical, and totally original, u003ciu003eBowie's Bookshelfu003c/iu003e is one part epic reading guide and one part biography of a music legend.