In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John
reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, which is also the
subject of the film Rocketman. The result is Me - the joyously
funny, honest and moving story of the most enduringly successful
singer/songwriter of all time. Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a
shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb
of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of
twenty-three, he was performing his first gig in America, facing an
astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled
T-shirt and boots with wings. Elton John had arrived and the music
world would never be the same again. His life has been full of
drama, from the early rejection of his work with song-writing
partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart-topping
superstar; from half-heartedly trying to drown himself in his LA
swimming pool to disco-dancing with the Queen; from friendships
with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and George Michael to setting up
his AIDS Foundation. All the while, Elton was hiding a drug
addiction that would grip him for over a decade. In Me Elton also
writes powerfully about getting clean and changing his life, about
finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father. In a voice
that is warm, humble and open, this is Elton on his music and his
relationships, his passions and his mistakes. This is a story that
will stay with you, by a living legend.
V januári 1965 Gabriel García Márquez cestoval s rodinou na
dovolenku do Acapulca, keď odrazu dostal nápad. Začul vravu
mestečka Macondo. Už vedel, ako napíše svoj nový román. Vrátil sa
domov, zatvoril sa do pracovne, a keď z nej po osemnástich
mesiacoch vyšiel, v ruke držal 1 300 strán rukopisu a bol šťastný.
Román Sto rokov samoty prvý raz vyšiel v roku 1967, Márquez mal
vtedy 39 rokov a svet si navždy zapamätal jeho meno. Dnes je román
považovaný za jedno z najvýznamnejších diel latinskoamerickej a
svetovej literatúry. Je komponovaný z množstva reálnych aj
fantazijných epizód a rozpráva o pôvabných i krutých príhodách
šiestich generácií rodiny Buendíovcov z fiktívneho mestečka
Macondo.
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