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Těžší než nebe

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Těžší než nebe is Charles R. Cross's biography of Kurt Cobain. It looks beyond the public image of Nirvana's singer to his family background, creative ambitions, and conflicted relationship with success.

Cross draws on extensive interviews and access to Cobain's journals. He assembles the perspectives of people around the musician into a portrait in which the desire to succeed clashes with the difficulties of fame.

Childhood experiences, family relationships, and creative work appear alongside Nirvana's public career. Personal and musical stories illuminate one another as the author selects and connects different accounts.

The biography also invites reflection on the boundary between a public legend and personal experience. Alice Chromá translated this Czech edition, published by Volvox Globator.

Czech-language e-book. Translator: Alice Chromá. Publisher: Volvox Globator. Length: 448 pages. Formats: EPUB, PDF, MOBI.

Publisher: Volvox Globator
Language: Czech
Type: E-book
ISBN: 978-80-720-7966-7
Publication date: 1. January 2014
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Těžší než nebe is Charles R. Cross's biography of Kurt Cobain. It looks beyond the public image of Nirvana's singer to his family background, creative ambitions, and conflicted relationship with success.

Book information

Formát
E-book
Language
Czech
Genre
Biografia, Hudba
ISBN
978-80-720-7966-7
Publication date
1. January 2014
Pages
448
E-book formats
EPUB (ISBN 978-80-720-7967-4) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-720-7968-1) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-720-7967-4)

What is Těžší než nebe about?

Cross draws on extensive interviews and access to Cobain's journals. He assembles the perspectives of people around the musician into a portrait in which the desire to succeed clashes with the difficulties of fame.

Childhood experiences, family relationships, and creative work appear alongside Nirvana's public career. Personal and musical stories illuminate one another as the author selects and connects different accounts.

The biography also invites reflection on the boundary between a public legend and personal experience. Alice Chromá translated this Czech edition, published by Volvox Globator.

Themes and motifs

Artistic identity

The biography connects Cobain's creative work with personal experience.

Fame and ambition

The desire for success meets a conflicted attitude toward public attention.

Testimony and portraiture

Interviews and journals form the basis of the biographical narrative.

Setting

Cobain's personal and family life, creative work, and Nirvana's public career.

Main characters

Kurt Cobain

The musician and Nirvana singer whose life and relationship with fame the biography examines.

Who is this book for?

Readers interested in Nirvana, rock biographies, and the relationship between musical creativity and public fame.

Book context

A music biography by Charles R. Cross drawing on interviews and Cobain's journals. Alice Chromá's Czech translation was published by Volvox Globator.

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What does the biography explore?

Kurt Cobain's personal life, creative work, family background, and conflicted relationship with fame.

What material does the author draw on?

Extensive interviews and access to Cobain's journals.

Who translated this Czech edition?

Alice Chromá; the publisher is Volvox Globator.

What are the e-book's length and formats?

This Czech-language edition has 448 pages and comes in EPUB, PDF, and MOBI formats.

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