Overview
Esta es la historia de superaciĆ³n y ascenso al estrellato de un artista irrepetible. Escrita de su puƱo y letra, y acompaƱada de fotos inĆ©ditas, dietarios y apuntes Ćntimos, incluye tambiĆ©n el conmovedor testimonio autobiogrĆ”fico que Prince comenzĆ³ a elaborar poco antes de su inesperada muerte.
Prince era un genio de la mĆŗsica, uno de los creadores mĆ”s queridos, versĆ”tiles y respetados de nuestro tiempo. Fue un visionario tremendamente original, con una imaginaciĆ³n capaz de recrear universos enteros, desde el paraĆso prometido a ritmo de funk de Ā«UptownĀ» hasta los paisajes mĆticos deĀ Purple Rain, pasando por la psicodelia de Ā«Paisley ParkĀ». Sin embargo, su creaciĆ³n mĆ”s ambiciosa fue convertir a Prince Rogers Nelson, nacido en Minnesota, en Prince, una de las mayores estrellas del pop de cualquier Ć©poca.
The Beautiful OnesĀ nos cuenta cĆ³mo Prince se transformĆ³ en Prince: su relato en primera persona nos muestra a un Ć”vido joven que decide empaparse primero del mundo que le rodea para luego moldear un personaje, una visiĆ³n artĆstica y finalmente una manera de vivir, mucho antes de que sus primeros Ć©xitos y la fama lo constriƱan y pretendan redefinirle. El libro estĆ” dividido en cuatro partes. La primera es el testimonio autobiogrĆ”fico que Prince escribĆa antes de su repentina y trĆ”gica muerte; son pĆ”ginas que nos llevan al mundo de su infancia a travĆ©s de una prosa lĆrica y personal. La segunda presenta, a travĆ©s de diarios y libretas de recortes, los aƱos formativos de Prince como mĆŗsico, previos a la publicaciĆ³n de su primer disco. La tercera nos muestra, en sinceras imĆ”genes, la evoluciĆ³n de Prince hasta llegar a la cĆŗspide, a su logro artĆstico mĆ”s grande, que descubriremos en la cuarta parte del libro: el tratamiento original y manuscrito deĀ Purple Rain, sin duda la conclusiĆ³n del proceso de crearse a sĆ mismo emprendido por el artista, que en esta pieza da a las tres secciones previas forma de viaje heroico .
El editor del libro, Dan Piepenbring, completa el retrato con una introducciĆ³n fascinante y conmovedora sobre cĆ³mo fue colaborar con Prince en sus Ćŗltimos meses de vida, en un momento en que el artista meditĆ³ profundamente sobre cĆ³mo podĆa revelar al mundo mĆ”s detalles de sĆ mismo y de su manera de pensar sin perder el misterio y la mĆstica que tan cuidadosamente habĆa tejido a su alrededor. TambiĆ©n son de Piepenbring las notas que dotan de contexto a las imĆ”genes del libro.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
#1Ā NEW YORK TIMESĀ BESTSELLER ā¢Ā The brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time, in his own wordsāfeaturing never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric sheets, and the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death
Prince was a musical genius, one of the most beloved, accomplished, and acclaimed musicians of our time. He was a startlingly original visionary with an imagination deep enough to whip up whole worlds, from the sexy, gritty funk paradise of āUptownā to the mythical landscape ofĀ Purple RainĀ to the psychedelia of āPaisley Park.ā But his most ambitious creative act was turning Prince Rogers Nelson, born in Minnesota, into Prince, one of the greatest pop stars of any era.
The Beautiful OnesĀ is the story of how Prince became Princeāa first-person account of a kid absorbing the world around him and then creating a persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and fame that would come to define him. The book is told in four parts. The first is the memoir Prince was writing before his tragic death, pages that bring us into his childhood world through his own lyrical prose. The second part takes us through Princeās early years as a musician, before his first album was released, via an evocative scrapbook of writing and photos. The third section shows us Princeās evolution through candid images that go up to the cusp of his greatest achievement, which we see in the bookās fourth section: his original handwritten treatment forĀ Purple Raināthe final stage in Princeās self-creation, where he retells the autobiography of the first three parts as a heroic journey.
The book is framed by editor Dan Piepenbringās riveting and moving introduction about his profound collaboration with Prince in his final monthsāa time when Prince was thinking deeply about how to reveal more of himself and his ideas to the world, while retaining the mystery and mystique heād so carefully cultivatedāand annotations that provide context to the bookās images.
This work is not just a tribute to an icon, but an original and energizing literary work in its own right, full of Princeās ideas and vision, his voice and imageāhis undying gift to the world.
This book title, The Beautiful Ones (Spanish Edition), ISBN: 9788417511920, by Prince, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (March 24, 2020) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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