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Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius (Unabridged) - Nick Hornby

By Nick Hornby

Release Date: 2022-11-15

Genre: Nonfiction

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ā€œAn ardent fan letter from Hornby that makes you want to re-read Great Expectations while listening to Sign oā€™ the Times.ā€ ā€”Vogue

From the bestselling author of Just Like You, High Fidelity, and Fever Pitch, a short, warm, and entertaining book about art, creativity, and the unlikely similarities between Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and modern American rock star Prince

Every so often, a pairing comes along that seems completely unlikelyā€”until itā€™s not. Peanut butter and jelly, Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong Un, ducks and puppies, and now: Dickens and Prince.

Equipped with a fanā€™s admiration and his trademark humor and wit, Nick Hornby invites us into his latest obsession: the cosmic link between two unlikely artists, geniuses in their own rights, spanning race, class, and centuriesā€”each of whom electrified their different disciplines and whose legacy resounded far beyond their own time.

When Princeā€™s 1987 record Sign oā€™ the Times was rereleased in 2020, the iconic album now came with dozens of songs that werenā€™t on the originalā€” Prince was endlessly prolific, recording 102 songs in 1986 alone. In awe, Hornby began to wonder, Who else ever produced this much? Who else ever worked that way? He soon found his answer in Victorian novelist and social critic Charles Dickens, who died more than a hundred years before Prince began making music.

Examining the two artistsā€™ personal tragedies, social statuses, boundless productivity, and other parallels, both humorous and haunting, Hornby shows how these two unlikely men from different centuries ā€œlit up the world.ā€ In the process, he creates a lively, stimulating rumination on the creativity, flamboyance, discipline, and soul it takes to produce great art.

Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius (Unabridged) - Nick Hornby

By Nick Hornby

Release Date: 2022-11-15

Genre: Nonfiction

(0 ratings)
Play Full Download
ā€œAn ardent fan letter from Hornby that makes you want to re-read Great Expectations while listening to Sign oā€™ the Times.ā€ ā€”Vogue

From the bestselling author of Just Like You, High Fidelity, and Fever Pitch, a short, warm, and entertaining book about art, creativity, and the unlikely similarities between Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and modern American rock star Prince

Every so often, a pairing comes along that seems completely unlikelyā€”until itā€™s not. Peanut butter and jelly, Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong Un, ducks and puppies, and now: Dickens and Prince.

Equipped with a fanā€™s admiration and his trademark humor and wit, Nick Hornby invites us into his latest obsession: the cosmic link between two unlikely artists, geniuses in their own rights, spanning race, class, and centuriesā€”each of whom electrified their different disciplines and whose legacy resounded far beyond their own time.

When Princeā€™s 1987 record Sign oā€™ the Times was rereleased in 2020, the iconic album now came with dozens of songs that werenā€™t on the originalā€” Prince was endlessly prolific, recording 102 songs in 1986 alone. In awe, Hornby began to wonder, Who else ever produced this much? Who else ever worked that way? He soon found his answer in Victorian novelist and social critic Charles Dickens, who died more than a hundred years before Prince began making music.

Examining the two artistsā€™ personal tragedies, social statuses, boundless productivity, and other parallels, both humorous and haunting, Hornby shows how these two unlikely men from different centuries ā€œlit up the world.ā€ In the process, he creates a lively, stimulating rumination on the creativity, flamboyance, discipline, and soul it takes to produce great art.

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