Will I love Chronicles?

A tender meditation on all the disparate threads, sounds, loves, conversations, and lessons that meld together to create an artist. Watching Bob trying to throw off the accolades and labels that want to pin him down like butterfly and explore whatever takes his fancy is my favorite part of this trip, weaving through all the stolen records and ghosts and signposts and colored lights beckoning. 

An essential read for anyone interested in the life and art of Bob Dylan.

The long-awaited autobiography is scarcely the typical celebrity volume. While little more than a taster, providing selected parts of the artist’s story in his own words and in his uniquely engaging voice, the areas covered appear in surprisingly revelatory detail and with extraordinary candor.

It is the biggest-selling Dylan book by far, with an initial print run of 250,000, eclipsing all other such titles; its appearance 18 years ago was a major publishing event. Subtitled Volume One, it begs the question: Will we ever see a… show more.