Metallica: Enter Night by Mick Wall
Un dilemme de Joris-Karl Huysmans explore les tensions familiales et les dilemmes moraux au sein de la bourgeoisie provinciale fran aise. L'histoire d bute avec la mort de Jules, un jeune homme sans descendance, laissant derri re lui un h ritage contest entre ses ascendants paternels et maternels. Ma tre Le Ponsart, notaire et grand-p re de Jules, se rend Paris pour r gler les affaires de la succession. Il d couvre que Jules vivait avec Sophie, une femme enceinte de lui, mais sans statut l gal de conjointe. Le Ponsart, repr sentant galement M. Lambois, le p re de Jules, cherche expulser Sophie sans scandale ni d pense excessive. Il lui propose une somme d risoire en change de son d part, arguant qu'elle n'a aucun droit l gal sur l'h ritage. Sophie, d sempar e, se tourne vers Mme Champagne, une papeti re influente du quartier, pour obtenir de l'aide. Mme Champagne, convaincue que Sophie a droit une pension alimentaire, l'accompagne chez M. Ballot, un homme d'affaires r put pour sa t nacit . Le r cit met en lumi re les manoeuvres calcul es de la bourgeoisie pour pr server ses int r ts financiers et sociaux, tout en exposant les vuln rabilit s des femmes dans une soci t patriarcale. travers des dialogues incisifs et des descriptions d taill es, Huysmans critique les hypocrisies et les injustices de son poque, tout en offrant un aper u des complexit s des relations humaines et des choix moraux.
ENTER NIGHT, Mick Wall's biography of Metallica confirms this grizzled veteran to be as engaged and waspishly authoritative a chronicler of metal's most hirsute behemoths as Barry Miles has been for the Beats * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
[A] flaming juggernaut of heavy-metal biog.. the author writes a deceptively casual-looking, sincere but half-amused prose * GUARDIAN *
It takes a writer of Mick Walls' pedigree and calibre... to present the whole wild, wonderful and emotionally draining tale all over again and make it as consistently fascinating and momentous as ENTER NIGHT... Until they return, this is the definitive account of heavy metal's biggest band of all * CLASSIC ROCK *
well written, slickly paced * METRO *
A must-have book for anyone interested in Metallica and anything heavy metal * LIVERPOOL ECHO *
Wall has used his 30 year association with the band to write a well-researched, detailed book, combining personal experiences with interviews from family, friends and fellow musicians 4* * YORKSHIRE EVENING POST *
Millions of words have been written on Metallica, but few journalists have been present at so many of the band's milestones... His [Wall's] eye for detail through the early years makes the book truly enlightening in the way it captures the character of the major players. * ROCK SOUND *
A fine book, about a good band, by a brilliant writer. * LEICESTER MERCURY *
Until the band themselves spill their guts, this is the definitive telling of their sometimes torrid tale; meticulously researched and garishly illuminated by the author's hilarious, harrowing first-hand experience. * METAL HAMMER *
[A] flaming juggernaut of heavy-metal biog.. the author writes a deceptively casual-looking, sincere but half-amused prose * GUARDIAN *
It takes a writer of Mick Walls' pedigree and calibre... to present the whole wild, wonderful and emotionally draining tale all over again and make it as consistently fascinating and momentous as ENTER NIGHT... Until they return, this is the definitive account of heavy metal's biggest band of all * CLASSIC ROCK *
well written, slickly paced * METRO *
A must-have book for anyone interested in Metallica and anything heavy metal * LIVERPOOL ECHO *
Wall has used his 30 year association with the band to write a well-researched, detailed book, combining personal experiences with interviews from family, friends and fellow musicians 4* * YORKSHIRE EVENING POST *
Millions of words have been written on Metallica, but few journalists have been present at so many of the band's milestones... His [Wall's] eye for detail through the early years makes the book truly enlightening in the way it captures the character of the major players. * ROCK SOUND *
A fine book, about a good band, by a brilliant writer. * LEICESTER MERCURY *
Until the band themselves spill their guts, this is the definitive telling of their sometimes torrid tale; meticulously researched and garishly illuminated by the author's hilarious, harrowing first-hand experience. * METAL HAMMER *
Mick Wall is the UK's best-known rock writer, author and TV and radio programme maker, and is the author of numerous critically-acclaimed books, including definitive, bestselling titles on Led Zeppelin (When Giants Walked the Earth), Lou Reed (The Life), The Doors (Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre), and Jimi Hendrix (Two Riders Were Approaching). He lives in England.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781409121671 |
| ISBN 10 | 1409121674 |
| Title | Metallica: Enter Night |
| Author | Mick Wall |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2012-07-05 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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