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Tarantula

Written by: Bob Dylan
Narrated by: Will Patton, Dennis Boutsikaris - Preface
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Never before on audio! Music legend Bob Dylan’s only work of fiction - a combination of stream-of-consciousness prose, lyrics, and poetry that illuminates the creative process of one of the most influential musicians and songwriters of our time - finally comes to audio in a magnificent performance by award-winning narrator Will Patton!

Written in 1966, Tarantula is a collection of poems and prose that evokes the turbulence of its time and provides a unique perspective on Bob Dylan’s creative evolution. It captures Dylan at a crucial juncture in his artistic development, showcasing the imagination of a revolutionary musician who was able to combine the humanity and compassion of his folk music roots with the surrealism of modern art and the intensity of the Delta blues. Angry, funny, and elusive, the poems and prose in this collection reflect the concerns found in Dylan’s most seminal music: a sense of protest, verbal ingenuity and spontaneity, and a belief in the artistic legitimacy of chronicling everyday life and the rhythms of the street and in the air.

©1994 ©1966 Bob Dylan. ©1971 The Macmillan Company.
Copyright renewed ©1994 Bob Dylan. All rights reserved.
(P)2019 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved. (P)1994 Simon & Schuster Audio

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