Chronicles: Volume One
by Bob Dylan
Dylan's elliptical memoir of arriving in New York, absorbing everything, and reinventing himself at several points. Strange, generous and a study in how an artist learns.
Read it if…
you want to see a genius describe his own apprenticeship.
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Skip it if…
you want chronology.
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Three things you will actually use
- Absorb everything.
- Reinvent when stuck.
- Protect the work from fame.
Do this first
Read the chapters on the Greenwich Village years.
Our verdict
Dylan's apprenticeship.
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