On Thursday 1 July, 1999, Dr Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave's Meltdown Festival. After the show, in a state of awe, Warren Ellis crept onto the stage, took Dr Simone's piece of chewed gum from the piano, wrapped it in her stage towel and put it in a Tower Records bag. The gum remained with him for twenty years; a sacred totem, his creative muse, a conduit that would eventually take Ellis back to his childhood and his relationship with found objects, growing in significance with every passing year. Nina Simone's Gum is about how something so small can Nina Simone's Gum - Warren Ellis od authora Warren Ellis a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Warren Ellis |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
208 |
Rok vydání |
2021 |
Nakladatelství |
Faber and Faber |