David Mitchell
Utopia Avenue

2021 | Nakladatelství Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.

Utopia Avenue might be the most curious British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967, folksinger Elf Holloway, blues bassist Dean Moss, guitar virtuoso Jasper de Zoet and jazz drummer Griff Griffin together created a unique sound, with lyrics that captured their turbulent times.… The band produced only two albums in two years, yet their musical legacy lives on. This is the story of Utopia Avenue's brief, blazing journey from Soho clubs and draughty ballrooms to the promised land of America, just when the Summer of Love was receding into something much darker - a multi-faceted tale of dreams, drugs, love, sexuality, madness and grief; of stardom's wobbly ladder and fame's Faustian pact; and of the collision between youthful idealism and jaded reality as the Sixties drew to a close. Above all, this bewitching novel celebrates the power of music to connect across divides, define an era and thrill the soul. 'The great rock and roll novel - an epic love letter to the greatest music ever made and the book the music has always deserved' Tony Parsons Utopia Avenue might be the most curious British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967, folksinger Elf Holloway, blues bassist Dean Moss, guitar virtuoso Jasper …de Zoet and jazz drummer Griff Griffin together created a unique sound, with lyrics that captured their turbulent times. The band produced only two albums in two years, yet their musical legacy lives on. This is the story of Utopia Avenue's brief, blazing journey from Soho clubs and draughty ballrooms to the promised land of America, just when the Summer of Love was receding into something much darker - a multi-faceted tale of dreams, drugs, love, sexuality, madness and grief; of stardom's wobbly ladder and fame's Faustian pact; and of the collision between youthful idealism and jaded reality as the Sixties drew to a close. Above all, this bewitching novel celebrates the power of music to connect across divides, define an era and thrill the soul. 'The great rock and roll novel - an epic love letter to the greatest music ever made and the book the music has always deserved' Tony Parsons

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Stav:	nová
Vazba:	brožovaná
Počet stran:	576
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	1444799479
ISBN:	9781444799477
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	4. 4. 2025 18:32
Číslo položky:	1202025

O autorovi

David Mitchell

První román Davida Mitchella nazvaný Ghostwritten vyšel v roce 1999. Získal cenu Mail on Sunday/John Llewelllyn Rhys Prize jako nejlepší kniha autora do pětatřiceti let a dostal se i mezi nominované na cenu First Book Award listu Guardian. Další román number9dream následoval v roce 2001 a i jeho kvality byly oceněny nominací na Booker Prize a James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Za román Cloud Atlas získal nominace na Booker Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Arthur C. Clarke Award a Nebula. V roce 2003 se David Mitchell volbou do Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists zařadil mezi nejlepší britské romanopisce. V nedávné době se vrátil z několikaletého pobytu v Japonsku a nyní žije v Irsku.

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