La página Open Book Toronto publicó
unas recomendaciones de David Bowie en torno a la literatura. Y es que el
músico, con motivo de la exhibición que está teniendo lugar en el Art Gallery
Of Ontario en Toronto acerca de él, publicó una lista de 100 libros que
considera prioritarios para todo lector.
La lista incluye libros
publicados desde 1945 a 2008 con títulos como Lolita de Vladimir Nabokov, A
Sangre Fría de Truman Capote o 1984 de George Orwell.
Esta es la lista en su totalidad:
- O The Age of American Unreason, Susan Jacoby, 2008
- O La maravillosa vida breve de Óscar Wao, Junot Diaz, 2007
- O The Coast of Utopia (trilogy) de Tom Stoppard, 2007
- O Teenage: The Creation of Youth 1875-1945, Jon Savage, 2007
- O Falsa Identidad de Sarah Waters, 2002
- O The Trial of Henry Kissinger de Christopher Hitchens, 2001
- O Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder de Lawrence Weschler, 1997
- O A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1890-1924 de Orlando Figes, 1997
- O The Insult de Rupert Thomson, 1996
- O Wonder Boys de Michael Chabon, 1995
- O The Bird Artist de Howard Norman, 1994
- O Kafka Was The Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir de Anatole Broyard, 1993
- O Beyond the Brillo Box: The Visual Arts in Post-Historical Perspective de Arthur C. Danto, 1992
- O Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson de Camille Paglia, 1990
- O David Bomberg de Richard Cork, 1988
- O Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom de Peter Guralnick, 1986
- O The Songlines de Bruce Chatwin, 1986
- O Hawksmoor de Peter Ackroyd, 1985
- O Nowhere To Run: The Story of Soul Music de Gerri Hirshey, 1984
- O Nights at the Circus de Angela Carter, 1984
- O Money de Martin Amis, 1984
- O White Noise de Don DeLillo, 1984
- O El Loro de Flaubert de Julian Barnes, 1984
- O The Life and Times of Little Richard de Charles White, 1984
- O La otra historia de los Estados Unidos de Howard Zinn, 1980
- O La conjura de los necios de John Kennedy Toole, 1980
- O Interviews with Francis Bacon, David Sylvester, 1980
- O El cero y el infinito de Arthur Koestler, 1980
- O Earthly Powers de Anthony Burgess, 1980
- O Raw (a ‘graphix magazine’) 1980-91
- O Viz (magazine) 1979 –
- O The Gnostic Gospels de Elaine Pagels, 1979
- O Metropolitan Life de Fran Lebowitz, 1978
- O In Between the Sheets de Ian McEwan, 1978
- O Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, ed. Malcolm Cowley, 1977
- O The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind de Julian Jaynes, 1976
- O Tales of Beatnik Glory de Ed Sanders, 1975
- O Mystery Train de Greil Marcus, 1975
- O Selected Poems de Frank O’Hara, 1974
- O Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s de Otto Friedrich, 1972
- O In Bluebeard’s Castle : Some Notes Towards the Re-definition of Culture de George Steiner, 1971
- O Octobriana and the Russian Underground de Peter Sadecky, 1971
- O The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll de Charlie Gillett, 1970
- O The Quest For Christa T de Christa Wolf, 1968
- O Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock de Nik Cohn, 1968
- O El maestro y Margarita de Mikhail Bulgakov, 1967
- O Journey into the Whirlwind de Eugenia Ginzburg, 1967
- O Last Exit to Brooklyn de Hubert Selby Jr. , 1966
- O A Sangre Fría de Truman Capote, 1965
- O City of Night de John Rechy, 1965
- O Herzog de Saul Bellow, 1964
- O Puckoon de Spike Milligan, 1963
- O The American Way of Death de Jessica Mitford, 1963
- O The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea de Yukio Mishima, 1963
- O The Fire Next Time de James Baldwin, 1963
- O La naranja mecánica, Anthony Burgess, 1962
- O Inside the Whale and Other Essays de George Orwell, 1962
- O La plenitud de la señorita Brodie de Muriel Spark, 1961
- O Private Eye (magazine) 1961 –
- O On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious de Douglas Harding, 1961
- O Silence: Lectures and Writing de John Cage, 1961
- O Strange People de Frank Edwards, 1961
- O The Divided Self de R. D. Laing, 1960
- O All The Emperor’s Horses de David Kidd,1960
- O Billy Liar de Keith Waterhouse, 1959
- O El gatopardo de Giuseppe Di Lampedusa, 1958
- O En el camino de Jack Kerouac, 1957
- O Las formas ocultas de la propaganda de Vance Packard, 1957
- O Un lugar en la cumbre de John Braine, 1957
- O A Grave for a Dolphin de Alberto Denti di Pirajno, 1956
- O The Outsider de Colin Wilson, 1956
- O Lolita de Vladimir Nabokov, 1955
- O 1984 de George Orwell, 1949
- O The Street deAnn Petry, 1946
- O Black Boy de Richard Wright, 1945
FFuente: http://tutupash.com/articulo/los-100-libros-que-debes-leer-segun-david-bowie/
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