Positively Bob Dylan

It seemed so impossible, yet it happened: During the past 3 years Dylan wrote his (first) autobiography entitled “Chronicles, Vol. 1″. It was released on October 5 and is also available as an audio book (CD and cassette) read by actor Sean Penn.
There’s two important facts that you need to know if you haven’t already read it: First, the book is written much like a Dylan song itself, mysterious and dark, it leaves a lot of space for interpretation, it’s neither complete nor chronological. And secondly, Dylan leaves out everything that might diminish his status as the unknown superstar. There’s not a single hint concerning his relationships, drugs, or religion. On bobdylan.com you can read that Chronicles focuses “on significant periods in Dylan’s life and career”, but what’s behind Dylan’s closed doors remains unknown. Read it, it’s a great piece of art, but if you want a complete biography you might very well better take a look at Clinton Heylin’s “Behind The Shades Revisited”.

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