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Chronicles

Volume One

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Chronicles

By: Bob Dylan
Narrated by: Sean Penn
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 WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

The celebrated first memoir from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the country, Bob Dylan.

“I’d come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else.”

So writes Bob Dylan in Chronicles: Volume One, his remarkable book exploring critical junctures in his life and career. 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 punctuated by jabs of memories, penetrating and tough. With the book’s side trips to New Orleans, Woodstock, Minnesota, and points west, Chronicles: Volume One is an intimate and intensely personal recollection of extraordinary times.

By turns revealing, poetical, passionate, and witty, Chronicles: Volume One is a mesmerizing window on Bob Dylan’s thoughts and influences. Dylan’s voice is distinctively American: generous of spirit, engaged, fanciful, and rhythmic. Utilizing his unparalleled gifts of storytelling and the exquisite expressiveness that are the hallmarks of his music, Bob Dylan turns Chronicles: Volume One into a poignant reflection on life, and the people and places that helped shape the man and the art.©2004 Bob Dylan; (P)2004 Simon & Schuster Inc. AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc. Art & Literature Authors Entertainment & Celebrities Music New York Witty New Orleans
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A rollicking story, like listening to one of Bob's songs, perfectly narrated by Sean Penn. loved it.

A rollicking story, brilliantly presented.

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Great insight, great words, great delivery. A classic in every sense. Cannot recommend highly enough.

Just wonderful

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A classic, interesting and intelligent story told perfectly.
Really draws you in to the scenes and atmosphere of the world Dylan walked through.

Perfect!

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enjoyable stream of consciousness sean Penn is an evokative narrator def worth a listen look for vol 2

bob can write

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Not bad, interesting read, but nothing extremely profound about it. Although I have never been a fan of Bob Dylan beyond a general interest in popular culture.

Interesting

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