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When Words Fail :A Life with Music, War and Peace
When Words Fail :A Life with Music, War and Peace
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Published:
13 September, 2018
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Can music make the world a better place? Can it really 'belong' to anyone? Can the magic, mystery and incertitude of music - of the human brain meeting or making sound - can it stop wars, rehabilitate the broken, unite, educate or inspire? From Jimi Hendrix playing 'Machine Gun' at The Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 to the Bataclan under siege in 2015, Ed Vulliamy has lived the music, met the legends, and asked, when words fail, might we turn to music? There's only one way to find out, and that is to listen...
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781783783366 |
| ISBN10 | 1783783362 |
| Number Of Pages | 496 |
| Item Weight | 687 g |
| Product Dimensions | 153 x 234 x 29 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Granta Books |
| Format | hardback |
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Media Reviews
Intriguing, deeply felt -- Graeme Thompson * Mail on Sunday *
An ambitious exploration of the soundtrack of Vulliamy's eventful life and how much music inspired him -- Mark Brennock * Irish Times *
When Words Fail is not only a testament to a life-long love of music, it also represents an indefatigable act of reportage... an assertion of the better world that we can create through music, however fleeting or fragile -- Ludovic Hunter-Tilney * Financial Times *
Author's Bio
Ed Vulliamy is the author of Amexica and The War is Dead: Long Love The War. He has been an Observer journalist for 20 years and is the author of the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th anniversary liner notes.