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17%OFFCarl Wilson - Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (33 1/3) - 9780826427885 - V9780826427885
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Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (33 1/3)

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Description for Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (33 1/3) Paperback. Non-fans regard Celine Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her manager-husband's struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. This book documents author's brave and unprecedented year-long quest to find his inner Celine Dion fan. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 122 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
This book is a riveting investigation of what it means to love music and what it means to hate music, both of good and bad taste.Non-fans regard Celine Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her manager-husband's struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. There's nothing cool about Celine Dion, and nothing clever. That's part of her appeal as an object of love or hatred - with most critics and committed music fans taking pleasure (or at least geeky solace) in their lofty ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
33 1/3
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780826427885
SKU
V9780826427885
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Carl Wilson
Carl Wilson is a writer and editor in Toronto at the Globe and Mail. He has written a weekly music column there for more than four years. One of his columns was reprinted in Da Capo's Best Music Writing 2002 volume, edited by Jonathan Lethem.

Reviews for Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (33 1/3)
"Let's Talk" about one of the most interesting music books you'll read this year... The always critical and erudite Mr. Wilson actually approached Let's Talk About Love as a non-fan grappling with questions of "good" and "bad" taste... It's almost certainly the only installment in the series to discuss French-Canadian race relations, rockism, and Milan Kundera's thoughts ... Read more

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