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English

THE BALLAD OF BOB DYLAN

Daniel Mark Epstein

A Portrait

Through the lens of four seminal concerts, acclaimed poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein offers an intimate, vivid, and comprehensive portrait of Bob Dylan. Beginning in 1963, Epstein revisits Dylan's early struggles to find artistic direction; his transition from folk icon to rock star; and his secluded family life and divorce. A breathtaking account of Dylan's Never Ending Tour and his contemporary studio sessions brings us full circle, revealing how Dylan revived a flagging career and accepted his role as the éminence grise of rock and roll today.

Drawing on new interviews with those closest to Dylanincluding Maria Muldaur, Nora Guthrie, and Ramblin' Jack ElliottThe Ballad of Bob Dylan is a singular take on an artist who has transformed generations and continues to inspire and surprise today.

Daniel Mark Epstein has written more than fifteen books of poetry, biography, and history, including the award-winning Lincoln and Whitman and The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage, named one of the top ten books of the year by the Wall Street Journal and Chicago Sun-Times.

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Book Published 2011-05-01 by HarperCollins

Comments

Brilliantthat Daniel Mark Epstein is both a poet and a biographer stands him in good stead in this penetrating, compassionate (but utterly clear-eyed), beautifully written portrait of Bob Dylan as an artist and a man. Among the very best writing about Dylan, ever. (James Kaplan, author of Frank: The Voice )

UK: Souvenir Press (May 2011); Denmark: Gyldendal; France: Laffont; Italy: Arcana; Brazil: Zahar;

In The Ballad of Bob Dylan, Daniel Mark Epstein does what few have been able to do at all, much less this well: capture that spirit, and in so doing, somehow manage to get closer to the essence of an American icon. (Dave Moyer)