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2021 |
![]() ![]() Author: Scott-Heron Gil Publisher: LiberAria Editrice Nel 1980 Stevie Wonder invitò Gil Scott-Heron e il suo gruppo ad accompagnarlo in un tour attraverso l'America: l'intento era quello di ideare insieme una festa nazionale in onore di Martin Luther King Jr. "L'ultima vacanza" è il racconto affascinante di cosa è accaduto durante il viaggio, e di come Heron si sia trovato coinvolto in un simile progetto. Per raccontare questa storia, Scott-Heron decide di iniziare dalle proprie origini: il viaggio che lo porta ad essere uno dei musicisti più importanti della sua generazione parte dunque da lontano, dall'infanzia trascorsa con la nonna nel Tennessee, fino a diventare uno dei uno dei maggiori esponenti della black music. Politicamente impegnato, dotato di una forte coscienza sociale, selvaggiamente satirico ma profondamente empatico, viene oggi definito il "padrino del rap". La morte inaspettata, nel 2011, ha determinato la scomparsa di uno degli artisti più eloquenti e creativi: come ha avuto modo di dire Sarah Silverman, attrice e comica statunitense, "ha specchiato la bruttezza con la bellezza, l'audacia e il valore". "L'ultima vacanza" è piena di spunti sull'industria musicale, New York, il movimento per i diritti civili, l'America moderna, l'ipocrisia governativa, Stevie Wonder e il nostro posto in questo mondo. Un testamento adatto al genio di Scott-Heron e agli spiriti che l'hanno accompagnato. € 20,00
Scontato: € 19,00
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![]() ![]() Author: Scott-Heron Gil Publisher: Rogas Chi ha ucciso John Lee? Quattro storie che si intrecciano. Quattro giovani voci che le raccontano. Quattro punti di vista differenti sull'America nera di fine anni '60, con i suoi ideali, le sue ipocrisie, le sue contraddizioni. Tradotto per la prima volta in italiano, il romanzo d'esordio di Gil Scott-Heron, scritto nel 1970, quando era ancora uno studente alla Lincoln University, ha la struttura avvincente di un thriller e una forte connotazione politica, dove fatti e fiction si mescolano sapientemente. Nella metafora dei voli concentrici dell'avvoltoio riecheggiano problemi oggi non ancora risolti e tornati prepotentemente alla ribalta con il movimento Black Lives Matter. € 19,70
Scontato: € 18,72
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1919 |
![]() ![]() Author: Gil Scott-Heron Publisher: CANONGATE BOOKS € 15,50
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1917 |
![]() ![]() Author: Gil Scott-Heron Publisher: CANONGATE BOOKS € 15,90
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1913 |
![]() ![]() Author: Scott-Heron Gil Publisher: Grove Pr Now back in print, The Vulture is the first novel by the legendary poet, musician, and so-called ?godfather of rap” Gil Scott-Heron, written while he was still a university student. First published in 1970 and digging the rhythms of the street, where the biggest deal life has to offer is getting high, The Vulture is a hip and fast-moving thriller, set in lower Manhattan. It relates the strange story of the murder of a teenage boy called John Lee?telling it in the words of four men who knew him when he was just another kid working after school, hanging out, waiting for something to happen. Just who did kill John Lee and why? € 13,40
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2013 |
![]() ![]() Author: Scott-Heron Gil Publisher: LiberAria Editrice Nel 1980 Stevie Wonder invitò Gil Scott-Heron e il suo gruppo ad accompagnarlo in un tour attraverso l'America: l'intento era quello di ideare insieme una festa nazionale in onore di Martin Luther King Jr. "L'ultima vacanza" è il racconto affascinante di cosa è accaduto durante il viaggio, e di come Heron si sia trovato coinvolto in un simile progetto. Per raccontare questa storia, Scott-Heron decide di iniziare dalle proprie origini: i1 viaggio che lo porta ad essere uno dei musicisti più importanti della sua generazione parte dunque da lontano, dall'infanzia trascorsa con la nonna nel Tennessee, fino a diventare uno dei uno dei maggiori esponenti della black music. Politicamente impegnato, dotato di una forte coscienza sociale, selvaggiamente satirico ma profondamente empatico, viene oggi definito il "padrino del rap". La morte inaspettata, nel 2011, ha determinato la scomparsa di uno degli artisti più eloquenti e creativi: come ha avuto modo di dire Sarah Silverman, attrice e comica statunitense, "ha specchiato la bruttezza con la bellezza, l'audacia e il valore". "L'ultima vacanza" è piena di spunti sull'industria musicale, New York, il movimento per i diritti civili, l'America moderna, l'ipocrisia governativa, Stevie Wonder e il nostro posto in questo mondo. Un testamento adatto al genio di Scott-Heron e agli spiriti che l'hanno accompagnato. € 18,00
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1912 |
![]() ![]() Author: Scott-Heron Gil Publisher: Grove Pr The stunning memoir of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Holiday has been praised for bringing back to life one of the most important voices of the last fifty years. Now in paperback, The Last Holiday provides a remarkable glimpse into Scott-Heron’s life and times, from his humble beginnings to becoming one of the most influential artists of his generation. The memoir climaxes with a historic concert tour in which Scott-Heron’s band opened for Stevie Wonder. The Hotter than July tour traveled cross-country from late 1980 through early 1981, drumming up popular support for the creation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. King’s birthday, January 15, was marked with a massive rally in Washington. A fitting testament to the achievements of an extraordinary man, The Last Holiday provides a moving portrait of Scott-Heron’s relationship with his mother, personal recollections of Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Clive Davis, and other musical figures, and a compelling narrative vehicle for Scott-Heron’s insights into the music industry, the civil rights movement, governmental hypocrisy, and our wider place in the world. The Last Holiday confirms Scott-Heron as a fearless truth-teller, a powerful artist, and an inspiring observer of his times. € 14,80
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![]() ![]() Author: Scott-Heron Gil Publisher: Grove Pr Originally published in 1972, Gil Scott-Heron’s striking second novel, The Nigger Factory, is a powerful parable of the way in which human beings are conditioned to think, drawing inspiration from Scott-Heron’s own experiences as a student in the late 1960’s and early 70’s. Earl Thomas, student body president at Sutton University, is in a difficult position: struggling with the fact that even a historically black college could be part of a system that still privileges whites, he’s also threatened by his fellow students, members of radical activist group MJUMBE. Claiming the time has come for revolution, not reform, the leaders of MJUMBE are poised not only to bring Earl down personally, but also to instigate larger scale acts of violence. An electrifying novel, The Nigger Factory is a penetrating examination of the different forms of resistance and the motivations behind them, and a major document of an era of black thought. € 13,40
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![]() ![]() Author: Scott-Heron Gil Publisher: Pgw A personal account by the late rap artist and poet best known for such iconic singles as "Home Is Where the Hatred Is" and "B Movie" traces the story of his life, career and history-making 1981 tour at the side of Stevie Wonder to raise support for the establishment of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. € 24,40
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1910 |
![]() ![]() Author: Scott-Heron Gil Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd A new edition of the first novel by the legendary musician and Godfather of Rap, a 1970s Harlem noir tale
Digging the rhythms of the street, where the biggest deal life has to offer is getting high, this hip, fast-moving thriller relates the strange story of the murder of a teenage boy called John Lee. The story is told in the words of four men who knew him when he was just another kid working after school, hanging out, waiting for something to happen. Just who did kill John Lee and why? € 13,40
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2001 |
![]() ![]() Author: Scott-Heron Gil Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd "A poet and polemicist whose lyrics have inspired and galvanized generations." ?GQ One glance at Now and Then and it becomes evident that this is not merely a collection of a songwriter's lyrics. The song-poems of this undisputed "bluesologist" triumphantly stand on their own, evoking the rhythm and urgency which have distinguished Gil Scott-Heron's career. This collection carries the reader from the global topics of political hypocrisy and the dangers posed by capitalist culture to painfully personal themes and the realities of modern day life. His message is black, political, historically accurate, urgent, uncompromising, and mature, and as relevant now as it was in the early 1970s. € 15,20
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![]() ![]() Author: Scott-Heron Gil Publisher: Shake € 10,32
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1990 |
![]() ![]() Author: Scott-Heron Gil Publisher: Ingram Pub Services One glance at So Far, So Good and it becomes evident that this is not merely a collection of a song writer's lyrics. The song-poems of this undisputed "Bluesologist" triumphantly stand on their own, evoking the rhythm and urgency which have distinguished Gil Scott-Heron's 20 year career. This collection carries the reader from the global topics of political hypocrisy and the dangers posed by Capitalist culture to painfully personal themes and the realities of African American life. Always, Scott-Heron supports his mission of unveiling America's hypocrisy and inaction with hope for an African American future of self liberation. € 9,20
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