Contributions

  • Mitchell, Adrian, 1932- - Contributor

Publication

2001 - W.W. Norton, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

46,250 words, Guess

Page Count

185 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveblackbirdsinging00mcca
  • ISBN-100393020495
  • ISBN-139780393020496
  • LibraryThing69463
  • Goodreads1292642
and 4 more

Classifications

  • DDC821/.914
  • LCCPR6063.C354 B58 2001
  • LCCPR6063.C354B58 2001

Description

To actually read Paul McCartney's poems, whether exuberant love ballads or poignant messages of deepest grief, is to revel in the sheer power of language and to appreciate the electrifying confluence of dream and song. Indeed, his words are as pure and magical as we remember them. Here, in his first collection of poems and lyrics, McCartney emerges with a dreamlike yet thoroughly mature voice that confirms his stature as one of the most original and best-loved poets of our time. Inspired by his late wife, Linda McCartney, Blackbird Singing gives us extraordinary access to the inner life of one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century culture. The poems here demonstrate, against an acknowledgment of the solitariness of existence, an irrepressible belief in the power of words and music "to take a sad song and make it better."--Publisher description.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Blackbird singing: poems and lyrics, 1965-1999W.W. Norton2001-01-01

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