Summary
Bob Dylan: Tarantula
"I take it as a fact that you have all read & understood Freud - Dostoevsky - St. Michael - Confucius - Coco Joe - Einstein - Melville - Porgy Maker - John Zulu - Kafka - Sartre - Smallfry - & Tolstoy - well then - as for my work - I simply pick up where they left off and nothing more - you have everything there in a nutshell - and now I'm giving you my book too - I expect you all to jump right into it..." The aforementioned Dylan's invitation to read is one of the rare catchable sentences from Tarantula, the book of his almost elusive thoughts. This unconventional collection of spontaneous records with a hidden meaning was created in the mid-60s during the intense concert activity of the upcoming great rock star.
Bob Dylan, the author of more than 500 songs and about 30 albums, is one of the key and most influential people in the history of rock'n'noll. In recent years, he has been in the narrowest circle of potential candidates for the Nobel Prize for Literature, and this is his only published literary work apart from the lyrics of songs set to music. Assessed as a "genius masterpiece" but also a "genius failure of a rock'n'roll genius", it is a book that should definitely be read - even if you have never read it to the end! A must-read for Dylan fans and literary seekers, but also – which can sometimes come in handy – a very noticeable and impressive title on every shelf.
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