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- Author: Echols Alice
- Publisher: Šareni dućan
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- Condition: Excellent
- Code: 44340
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Echols Alice
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Alice Echols: The Scars of Sweet Paradise
The Life and Times of Janis Joplin
The book "Scars of Sweet Paradise" is not only the most acclaimed biography of the legendary rock icon Janis Joplin, but also a great depiction of the time and environment in which she lived; it is the culmination of five years of intensive research by historian and critic Alice Echols.
With an authoritative account of the unenviable life path and enviable musical career of the cult heroine of rock, the author expertly explains the (counter)cultural history of the 60s: the departure of beatniks and the arrival of hippies, the development of the folk and hippie music and art scene, as well as the distinctive lifestyle of their participants.
With her exceptional talent and interpretative power, Janis is left everyone present breathless from the first performances in high school to the last concerts in packed halls and stadiums; like a tsunami, she ravaged the entire rock'n'roll area like no other white woman before her. On the stage, but also off it, she was untamed: her sexuality was shameless, she cursed recklessly, drank and took drugs, dressed like a "psychedelic street girl", uncompromisingly mocking all established customs and traditions - she was the embodiment of rebellion, unconventionality, spontaneity and self-reliance. fucking day", or, as she still liked to say: "I'd rather live ten super-hypercrazy years than live to be seventy sitting in a fucking armchair in front of the TV." Janis carried and endured the burden and pain of innovators and outlaws in numerous ways, and she was not always happy, but she went to the end, over all barriers, changing the generally accepted views of the world and social rules.
Like Hendrix, Morrison and Cobain, she lasted only twenty-seven years, becoming and remaining a symbol of her generation and her time.
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- Author: Echols Alice
- Publisher: Šareni dućan
- Year of publication:2013
- Place of publication:Koprivnica
- Pages:304
- Dimensions:18x23 cm
- Script:Latin script
- Condition:Excellent
- Binding:Hardcover
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