Kdo je ten chlap? Hledání Boba Dylana – Dalton David (2014)

One of the best biographies ever written about Bob Dylan stands out for its original approach and vivid language. Bob Dylan has played a primary role in the development of popular music for half a century, often determining the direction that rock or folk would take. There are not many artists of such significance, and even fewer whose work is continuously subjected to enthusiastic scrutiny throughout their careers. Yet Dylan remains, in many ways, a mysterious enigma. Who is the 'real' Bob Dylan? Is it Bobby Zimmerman, the adolescent yearning to escape the suffocating atmosphere of American small-town life, the plagiarist of Woody Guthrie charming the folk audience in Greenwich Village cafes in the early sixties, the folk messiah, the born-again Christian, the Elvis-like Dylan, Jack Fate from the film Masked and Anonymous, or the living national treasure? Who is that guy? – Dylan himself posed that question in the song 'Ballad of a Thin Man' from the famous album Highway 61 Revisited. Respected author David Dalton paints a detailed portrait of the rock icon and cleverly reveals the gambles Dylan has taken with his own identity throughout his career. Dalton writes in an informed and provocative style, infused with poetic imagery and unexpected cultural...