Un voyage pictural et littéraire dans l'univers artistique de Nick Cave, musicien, conteur et icône culturelle, avec des photographies inédites, des objets personnels et des paroles manuscrites.
Ce livre collector invite le lecteur au coeur du processus créatif de l'artiste, présenté sous une lumière intimiste encore inédite à ce jour. La vie, l'oeuvre et les inspirations de Nick Cave y sont représentées, ainsi que son univers artistique et domestique. Le livre est composé de reproductions en couleurs d'oeuvres jamais présentées au public, de paroles manuscrites, de photographies et d'objets personnels assortis de commentaires et de réflexions de Nick Cave, Janine Barrand et Darcey Steinke.
Stranger Than Kindness s'intéresse à ce qui fait de nous qui nous sommes tout en célébrant la curiosité humaine et la puissance de l'esprit créatif.
Bunny Munro écume la côte sud de l'Angleterre pour vendre des produits de beauté et forniquer à tout-va. Lorsque sa femme se suicide, il emmène sur la route son fils de neuf ans. Tandis que Bunny colporte sa marchandise et son sex-appeal, Bunny Junior attend dans la voiture, explorant le monde à travers son encyclopédie. À mesure que leur étrange odyssée se poursuit, les fantômes qui entourent Bunny se mettent à sortir de l'ombre pour réclamer leur dû.
Dans la communauté des Ukolites, accablée par un déluge qui dure depuis bientôt trois ans, Euchrid n'a pas sa place. Chez ses religieux fanatiques, un handicap est signe de malédiction divine, et Euchrid est muet. La violence, l'ivrognerie, l'hypocrisie, la mesquinerie sont son lot quotidien. Et l'âne vit l'ange est une chronique de l'univers sombre et dérisoire de l'Amérique profonde, vue par un jeune cynique persécuté.
The complete collection of Nick Cave lyrics spanning his entire career, from 1978 until 2013, revised and updated by the cult rock star 'He is an Australian artist like Sidney Nolan is an Australian artist - beyond comparison, beyond genre, beyond dispute' - from Nick Cave's induction into the Australian Hall of Fame This complete collection of Nick Cave's lyrics spans his entire career, from his writing for The Birthday Party through the highly acclaimed Murder Ballads and The Boatman's Call to recent work with Grinderman and his 2013 album, Push the Sky Away . Brought together in one volume, these lyrics make up one of the most outstanding achievements of contemporary music. Switching between the cynical and the sanguine, the defeated and the defiant, Nick Cave deals in love, war, beauty, children, romance, rejection, Pethedine, poetry, pants, money, flowers and so much more ... From the bestselling author of And the Ass Saw the Angel and The Death of Bunny Munroe this definitive collection will be adored by Nick Cave fans everywhere. 'His lyrics deal with passion on the edge, and are peopled with mad bayou preachers, black-hearted lovers and killers. His language is rich, poetic, apocalyptic' Guardian 'Richly poetic creations which live a second life on the page ... Essential reading' Vox Nick Cave was born in Australia in 1957. He moved to London with his band The Birthday Party in 1990 and four years later he formed The Bad Seeds, with whom he has made 15 studio albums. In recent years he has made two albums with his other band, Grinderman. In 1999 he curated and directed the Meltdown Festival at London's South Bank Centre. He has also written the soundtrack for a number of successful films including The Assassination of Jesse James, Lawless and The Proposition . His novel And the Ass Saw the Angel was an international bestseller, Time Out 's Book of the Year, and was reissued in the Penguin Essential series. His second novel The Death of Bunny Monroe was published in 2009. He lives in Brighton with his wife and two children.
Outcast, mute, a lone twin cut from a drunk mother in a shack full of junk, Euchrid Eucrow of Ukulore inhabits a nightmarish Southern valley of preachers and prophets, incest and ignorance. When the God-fearing folk of the town declare a foundling child to be chosen by the Almighty, Euchrid is disturbed.
Ce volume présente toutes les paroles des chansons de Nick Cave couvrant toute sa carrière, de 1978 à 2013, de son écriture pour The Birthday Party en passant par les très acclamées Murder Ballads et The Boatman's Call, jusqu'au récent travail avec Grinderman et son album de 2013, Push the Sky Away, le tout revu et mis à jour par la rock star culte. Réunis en un seul volume, ces paroles constituent l'une des réalisations les plus marquantes de la musique contemporaine: alternant entre le cynique et le sanguin, le vaincu et le rebelle, Nick Cave traite de l'amour, de la guerre, de la beauté, des enfants, de la romance, du rejet,
Drawn from over forty hours of interviews, Faith, Hope and Carnage is a thoughtful book about Nick Cave''s inner life over the last six years, a meditation on big ideas including, faith, art, music, grief and much more.>
A collection of lyrics that spans the author's entire career, from his writing for "The Birthday Party" through the highly acclaimed "Murder Ballads" and "The Boatman's Call" to new albums "No More Shall We Part", "Nocturama", "Abattoir Blues" and "The Proposition".
The Death of Bunny Munro recounts the last journey of a salesman in search of a soul. Following the suicide of his wife, Bunny, a door-to-door salesman and lothario, takes his son on a trip along the south coast of England. He is about to discover that his days are numbered. With a daring hellride of a plot The Death of Bunny Munro is also a modern morality tale of sorts, a stylish, furious, funny, truthful and tender account of one man's descent and judgement. The novel is full of the linguistic verve that has made Cave one of the world's most respected lyricists. It is his first novel since the publication of his critically acclaimed debut And the Ass Saw the Angel twenty years ago.
The Sick Bag Song is an exploration of love, inspiration and memory. It began life scribbled on airline sick bags during Cave's 22-city journey around North America in 2014. It soon grew into a restless full-length contemporary epic. Spurred by encounters with modern day North America, and racked by romantic longing and exhaustion, Cave teases out the significant moments, the people, the books and the music that have influenced and inspired him, and drops them into his sick bag.
