Now and Then - Softcover

Scott-Heron, Gill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 086241900X ISBN 13: 9780862419004

Verlag: Canongate Books, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

Book by ScottHeron Gil

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Críticas:

A poet and polemicist whose lyrics have inspired and galvanised generations. * * GQ * * Some of the funniest and most literate lyrics in all music . . . From deadpan attacks on racism to withering sarcasm about the Great Society; from Chomskian rants to parodies of media shallowness - every line comes coated in a sardonically witty turn of phrase. * * Time Out * * Accessible, intelligent, rhythmic writing which makes poetry seem worthwhile again * * The List * *

Reseña del editor:

One glance at Now and Then and it becomes evident that this is not merely a collection of a songwriter's lyrics. The song-poems of this undisputed "bluesologist" triumphantly stand on their own, evoking the rhythm and urgency which have distinguished Gil Scott-Heron's career. This, the first ever collection of his poems to be published in Britain, carries the reader from the global topics of political hypocrisy and the dangers posed by capitalist culture to painfully personal themes and the realities of modern day life. His message is black, political, historically accurate, urgent, uncompromising and mature and as relevant now as it was when he started, back in the early seventies.

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• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 086241900X
• ISBN 13: 9780862419004
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 136