Jewel Chasing Down the Dawn(追逐黎明(歌星Jewel回忆录))|报价￥52.80|图书,进口原版,Others 其他,
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基本信息
·出版社：HarperEntertainment
·页码：160 页码
·出版日：2000年
·ISBN：0060192003
·条码：9780060192006
·版次：2000-10-03
·装帧：平装
·开本：16开 16开
内容简介
Book Description
Stockholm, The Grand HotelOutside the canals are weeping, rising silentlybeyond their cement banks. Soundlessly, theyspill onto the sidewalk, like a frayed edge. Theground will freeze soon. The night is cold. I canfeel it reach my skin through the glass of mywindow. My pane. My lamp. My towels.Funny how every hotel room becomes my own.My home. If only for one night.
Welcome to a world set to the ever-changing rhythms of an artist's life.
Since childhood, Jewel has turned to her own short stories, vivid narratives, and starkly honest writings to revisit the past, chronicle the many characters she's encountered, and trace the intricate, unpredictable patterns of her days. In Chasing Down the Dawn, recording artist, actress, and bestselling author Jewel opens her intimate journals to create a vivid montage of the people, places, relationships, and passages that colored the life she came from and marked the last magical, turbulent, and ultimately transformational year.
Drawn from her remarkable chronicle of life on the road during the Spirit World Tour, this unforgettable collection of freeze-frames captures unusual images from Jewel's childhood in Alaska, her beginnings as a struggling artist, and her challenges as a daughter, sister, and woman. Jewel paints an unblinkingly honest picture of the exceptional journey that carried her to the world's stage.
Here, as if pulled from a stack of snapshots, are Jewel's moment-by-moment observations on life as she now lives it: the pleasure of sold-out performances and the pressures of her industry .. the sweetness of love and bitterness of loss ... friendship, freedom, and the small miracles we ourselves create. And herein a book that allows the reader a rare glimpse of life's turning points as if viewed from over the author's shoulder -- are Jewel's deeply personal insights on the events that shaped her understanding: her parents' divorce, her experience of poverty, the healing of her difficult relationship with her father, and the development of her unique talent.
With the publication of her bestselling collection of poetry, A Night Without Armor, Jewel established herself as a light on the literary horizon. With acutely observed, elegantly written depictions of the musicians, lovers, bikers, strangers, celebrities, and characters that inhabit the singer/songwriter's world, illustrated with Jewel's own drawings and never-before-seen photographs from her family archives, Chasing Down the Dawn is more than a collection of vignettes, observations, and stories. It is a finely wrought mosaic in prose and poetry, set to the rhythms of life.
FromPublishers Weekly
This highly personal collection of essays, anecdotes and spontaneous statements accompanied by sweet, primitive drawings deals with Jewel's atypical childhood in Alaska, her struggling-musician days and her eventually successful music career, characterized by constant touring and putting up with the consequences of fame. Similar to Jewel's bestselling book of poems (A Night Without Armor), this compendium of prose exhibits a clear, direct, purposefully poignant and, at times, indulgent writing style. Jewel recognizes artistic quality when she sees it and often brings up names and their associations (touring with Bob Dylan, thinking about Italo Calvino's "If" before taking the stage), perhaps in an attempt to connect with them, and to show her admiration. Certainly, Jewel has talent and integrity, and, when she abandons a self-conscious posture, she can offer insights that are fresh and luminescent ("For me, the real beauty of singing is learning to play the instrument I've been given"). Unfortunately, her descriptive writing suffers too frequently from a surfeit of sentiment ("Do I like the dream I've dreamed or have I begun to feel like a prisoner of the dream?"). Jewel's name will carry this book a long wayAas will the catchy cover, an alluring photo of the poet/ writer on horseback. (Oct.)
FromBooklist
Jewel's second foray into publishing is not another book of poetry but a memoirlike collection of diary passages and musings. Most people familiar with the singer-songwriter's story know that Jewel was raised in Alaska, attended Interlochen, an art school in Michigan, and lived out of her van while trying to make it big. In addition to those familiar stories, Jewel shares details of her life on her family's homestead and her struggles to make ends meet, which included playing guitar and singing on the street for money. Interspersed with these tales of the past are Jewel's adventures on the road. She meets all sorts of people, from those who call her a sellout to those who stare at her in awe. Jewel herself often seems to be in awe of her fame; the juxtaposition of her hard-knocks former life with her princesslike present existence is constantly emphasized. Of course, it's not a simple matter of one being bad, the other good; the opening poem reveals that Jewel sometimes still longs for her life in Alaska. "Am I wasting myself on something false?" she muses on a tour bus. It's clearly a tough question for her. Although many readers may find this all a little self-serving, Jewel's fans (the presumed audience) will find this memoir earnest and heartfelt.
Kristine Huntley
FromLibrary Journal
You've heard Jewel's music (her debut disc, Pieces of You, sold ten million copies). You've read her first novel, A Night Without Armor (it went into 15 printings). Now it's time to catch up on her poems, essays, and stories.
FromAudioFile
The popular singer-songwriter's dedication to her craft is apparent in her narration of CHASING DOWN THE DAWN. Taken from her journals, these vignettes unveil memories from Jewel's childhood in Alaska, her struggles studying her craft and working in the music industry, the intensity of life on the road, and her personal relationships. Just like her music, her prose is filled with a rhythm that comes through in her reading. Jewel narrates her stories with confidence and maturity, but without patronizing the listener. As the excerpts that are read take place at various times in her life and in different areas of the world, the transitions could have been improved with the use of music. K.M.D.
About Author
A bestselling writer of poetry and prose, Jewel is also an actress and performer. She has recorded four bestselling albums and also starred in Ang Lee's film Ride with the Devil. Her first book, A Night Without Armor, was a New York Times bestseller. She lives in California.
Book Dimension
Height (mm) 248 Width (mm) 192
作者简介
A bestselling writer of poetry and prose, Jewel is also an actress and performer. She has recorded four bestselling albums and also starred in Ang Lee's filmRide with the Devil.Her first book,A Night Without Armor,was aNew York Timesbestseller. She lives in California.
--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
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书评
From Publishers Weekly
This highly personal collection of essays, anecdotes and spontaneous statements accompanied by sweet, primitive drawings deals with Jewel''s atypical childhood in Alaska, her struggling-musician days and her eventually successful music career, characterized by constant touring and putting up with the consequences of fame. Similar to Jewel''s bestselling book of poems (A Night Without Armor), this compendium of prose exhibits a clear, direct, purposefully poignant and, at times, indulgent writing style. Jewel recognizes artistic quality when she sees it and often brings up names and their associations (touring with Bob Dylan, thinking about Italo Calvino''s "If" before taking the stage), perhaps in an attempt to connect with them, and to show her admiration. Certainly, Jewel has talent and integrity, and, when she abandons a self-conscious posture, she can offer insights that are fresh and luminescent ("For me, the real beauty of singing is learning to play the instrument I''ve been given"). Unfortunately, her descriptive writing suffers too frequently from a surfeit of sentiment ("Do I like the dream I''ve dreamed or have I begun to feel like a prisoner of the dream?"). Jewel''s name will carry this book a long wayAas will the catchy cover, an alluring photo of the poet/ writer on horseback. (Oct.)
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From Library Journal
You''ve heard Jewel''s music (her debut disc, Pieces of You, sold ten million copies). You''ve read her first novel, A Night Without Armor (it went into 15 printings). Now it''s time to catch up on her poems, essays, and stories.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
FromAudioFile
The popular singer-songwriter''s dedication to her craft is apparent in her narration of CHASING DOWN THE DAWN. Taken from her journals, these vignettes unveil memories from Jewel''s childhood in Alaska, her struggles studying her craft and working in the music industry, the intensity of life on the road, and her personal relationships. Just like her music, her prose is filled with a rhythm that comes through in her reading. Jewel narrates her stories with confidence and maturity, but without patronizing the listener. As the excerpts that are read take place at various times in her life and in different areas of the world, the transitions could have been improved with the use of music. K.M.D. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine--Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
FromBooklist
Jewel''s second foray into publishing is not another book of poetry but a memoirlike collection of diary passages and musings. Most people familiar with the singer-songwriter''s story know that Jewel was raised in Alaska, attended Interlochen, an art school in Michigan, and lived out of her van while trying to make it big. In addition to those familiar stories, Jewel shares details of her life on her family''s homestead and her struggles to make ends meet, which included playing guitar and singing on the street for money. Interspersed with these tales of the past are Jewel''s adventures on the road. She meets all sorts of people, from those who call her a sellout to those who stare at her in awe. Jewel herself often seems to be in awe of her fame; the juxtaposition of her hard-knocks former life with her princesslike present existence is constantly emphasized. Of course, it''s not a simple matter of one being bad, the other good; the opening poem reveals that Jewel sometimes still longs for her life in Alaska. "Am I wasting myself on something false?" she muses on a tour bus. It''s clearly a tough question for her. Although many readers may find this all a little self-serving, Jewel''s fans (the presumed audience) will find this memoir earnest and heartfelt.Kristine Huntley
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