Seventies: The Sights, Sounds and Ideas of a Brilliant Decade - Brossura

Sounes, Howard

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ISBN 10: 1416502629 ISBN 13: 9781416502623

Casa editrice: Pocket Books, 2007

Riassunto

When people think of culture in the 1970s they usually conjure up a confetti of kitsch, a jumble of disposable trash in which pet rocks vie for space with the Partridge Family to the tune of the Bay City Rollers. It was, so the received wisdom goes, the decade that taste forgot, a cultural wasteland compared to the decade that preceded it or those that have followed it. Not so, as Howard Sounes argues brilliantly and convincingly in this breathtaking tour of a decade's cultural endeavour. The 1970s may have had flares and big hair, but it also had Martin Scorsese, Lou Reed, David Hockney, Iris Murdoch, Jack Nicholson, David Bowie, John Updike, Diane Arbus, Monty Python, Richard Rogers -- and, of course, Snoopy. Weaving the stories of these and many other key figures together in a mesmerising and compelling mosaic, Howard Sounes shows why their contributions had such resonance at the time and why they still retain their cachet now. In doing so he completely re-invents the reputation of a decade, revealing the 1970s to be far richer and more significant in the shaping of the twenty-first-century world than we could have imagined.

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Recensione:

* Praise for SEVENTIES:
*'Irresistible . . . provocative and interesting' MAIL ON SUNDAY
'A thoroughly enjoyable read' SUNDAY TIMES
'A vivacious and enjoyable new book about the culture of the Seventies' SPECTATOR
'My knowledge of the decade has been enriched' EVENING STANDARD

L'autore:

Howard Sounes is the author of several acclaimed and bestselling works of non-fiction, including the true crime classic Fred & Rose (1995), and biographies of Charles Bukowski and Bob Dylan. He lives in London.

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• Editore: Pocket Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1416502629
• ISBN 13: 9781416502623
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 480