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Lädt ... The John Lennon Letters (2012. Auflage)von John Lennon (Autor), Hunter Davies (Herausgeber)
Werk-InformationenThe John Lennon Letters: Erinnerungen in Briefen von John Lennon (Author)
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...... We elevate people to the status of heroes in order to let ourselves off the hook: "I'm just a mere mortal – I could never even dream of doing something like that." Lennon himself always seemed at pains to deflate any such high opinions of himself: what he would make of this book, I can only guess. The letters show an ordinary human being doing ordinary things: writing lists, sending postcards, enquiring after relatives. Why is that interesting? Because that person has now achieved demigod status. Is that a good thing? I dunno – good singer, though. Pretty good songwriter too, as it goes … You, Hunter Davies, are just doing your job. I read it from cover to cover and will probably give it as a Christmas present. We, the children of the echo, should get a life. We, the children of the echo, should know better. Time to move on. Imagine that.
Briefe und Postkarten an Freunde und Feinde, Notizen an Bandkollegen und Konkurrenten, Karikaturen und Zeichnungen, Liebesbriefe an seine Frauen und Gedanken an sich selbst: Nie war John Lennon so persönlich wie hier. Ein Leben in Briefen, erstmals veröffentlicht, herausgegeben und kommentiert vom Beatles-Biografen Hunter Davies Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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It was also heartbreaking to read the later letters, particularly the ones where he talked about his health regimen and his practising yoga, and his assertion that he expected to live to a ripe old age. I felt dread as the book inched toward the last track of the last disc, knowing what lay at the end. But John’s letters live on.
The audio edition has two main narrators: Allan Corduner, who reads Davies’ explanations of each letter and the biographical segments, and Christopher Eccleston, who reads John’s actual letters. Eccleston played John in a biopic called Lennon Naked and was therefore a logical choice for this production. Having the two narrators worked well, and I especially enjoyed hearing Eccleston doing a Liverpool accent. (He was the reason I got this audio version.) There is also an introduction read by Hunter Davies, and a foreword read by Yoko Ono.
I recommend this in conjunction with the print book, so you can see John’s writing and hear an approximation of his voice. Overall, I gave this 3.5 stars for the content (some of the fragments were a bit of a stretch to be considered "letters") and an extra star for Eccleston, so a total of 4.5 stars. ( )