Chronicles
Volume One
Ranked #2 in Music Biography, Ranked #5 in Music — see more rankings.
Through Dylan's eyes and open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first arrives in Manhattan. Dylan's New York is a magical city of possibilities -- smoky, nightlong parties; literary awakenings; transient loves and unbreakable friendships. Elegiac observations are... more
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Bill Gurley Recommends this book
Greil Marcus Dylan has had a career of extraordinary richness and variety. Yet here he is writing a memoir that completely ignores everything which made him a world figure. It ignores all of his most famous songs, it ignores all the periods in which he was a great star. It’s all about times when he was trying to learn, when he was confused and lost but absolutely alive with the thrill of discovering new ideas, new singers, new information. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Chronicles is ranked in the following categories:
- #38 in Author Biography
- #73 in Autobiography
- #35 in Black and White
- #8 in Music History
- #74 in Musicians
- #17 in Songwriting
- #92 in Writers
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