Más extraño que la bondad nos ofrece una fascinante mirada íntima al universo creativo de uno de los artistas más relevantes del panorama musical contemporáneo, Nick Cave. A través de fotografías, libretas de apuntes, letras de canciones escritas a mano y una coleccion de objetos artisticos que moldearon su muy particular imaginario, este libro traza el origen y desarrollo de una imponente carrera musical, a la manera de un rompecabezas donde cada una de las piezas contribuye a formar una imagen cuyo rostro nos resulta sumamente familiar. Y es el propio Cave quien ofrece a los lectores una visita guiada por cada una de las paradas que lo condujeron al estrellato.Se trata de una suerte de diario intimo visual y escrito en el que se registran los deseos, fantasias, temores y obsesiones de ese artista tan radicalmente unico que es Nick Cave. Una celebracion de los misterios del proceso creativo en tanto que lenguaje universal, que en el caso de Cave ha logrado conectar con millones de personas a lo largo del planeta. Un viaje en el que musica, poesia, fotografia, pintura y devocion por el rock n roll convergen como testimonio de una de las expresiones musicales mas estremecedoras de las ultimas decadas.¡Como es Nick! Transforma lo banal en algo excelente.El PaisUn libro de estilo discreto y de una gran belleza, una invitacion a explorar la obra de Cave mas a fondo, tanto si uno es un neofito como un admirador comprometido con el artista. Merece la pena el esfuerzo.The HeraldUna lectura fascinante, que lo es doblemente cuando se escucha a Cave interpretar sus canciones, que se nutren de su obsesiva recopilacion de informacion.The Times

A journey in images and words into the creative world of musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave.Stranger Than Kindness is a journey in images and words into the creative world of musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave.This highly collectible book contains images selected by Cave from 'Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition', presented by the Royal Danish Library in partnership with Arts Centre Melbourne. Featuring full-colour reproductions of original artwork, handwritten lyrics, photographs and collected personal artefacts, it presents Cave's life, work and inspiration and explores his many real and imagined universes. Images are paired with commentary and meditations from Cave and celebrated writer Darcey Steinke on themes that are central to Cave's work.Stranger Than Kindness asks what shapes our lives and makes us who we are, and celebrates the curiosity and power of the creative spirit.

Bunny Munro vende productos de belleza y el azaroso perfume del adulterio a las solitarias damas de la costa meridional inglesa. Viéndose a la deriva tras la muerte de su esposa, se lía la manta a la cabeza y sale por ultima vez a la carretera con su hijo de nueve años a cuestas. Una historia de humor escalofriante, una comedia antiheroica, una amargura, contada con agudeza, rabia y estilo.

The Death of Bunny Munro recounts the last journey of a salesman in search of a soul. Following the suicide of his wife, Bunny, a door-to-door salesman and lothario, takes his son on a trip along the south coast of England. He is about to discover that his days are numbered. With a daring hellride of a plot The Death of Bunny Munro is also a modern morality tale of sorts, a stylish, furious, funny, truthful and tender account of one man''s descent and judgement. The novel is full of the linguistic verve that has made Cave one of the world''s most respected lyricists. It is his first novel since the publication of his critically acclaimed debut And the Ass Saw the Angel twenty years ago.

The Death of Bunny Munro recounts the last journey of a salesman in search of a soul. Following the suicide of his wife, Bunny, a door-to-door salesman and lothario, takes his son on a trip along the south coast of England. He is about to discover that his days are numbered. With a daring hellride of a plot The Death of Bunny Munro is also modern morality tale of sorts, a stylish, furious, funny, truthful and tender account of one man''s descent and judgement. The novel is full of the linguistic verve that has made Cave one of the world''s most respected lyricists. It is his first novel since the publication of his critically acclaimed debut "And the Ass Saw the Angel" twenty years ago.

The world is a hard place to be good in...Struggling to keep a grip on reality after his wife's death, Bunny Munro does the only thing he can think of: with his young son in tow, he hits the road. An epic chronicle of one man's judgement, The Death of Bunny Munro is also an achingly tender portrait of the relationship between father and son.

Bunny Munro vende productos de belleza y el perfume de la lujuria a las solitarias damas de la costa meridional inglesa. Viéndose a la deriva tras el suicidio de su mujer, se lía la manta a la cabeza y sale por ultima vez a la carretera con su hijo de nueve años. Acosado por maridos celosos, por su apremiante lascivia y por una hormigonera granate, Bunny Munro es un hombre hundido que zigzaguea comiendose el mundo y masturbandose con lastimosa ferocidad. Es un mequetrefe y su hijo empieza a adivinarlo. Y ademas va a morir, y lo presiente. He aqui un relato de humor lacerante, una comedia antiheroica que hiela la sangre y la risa, una amargura contada con agudeza, rabia y estilo.

Um romance irreverente de um músico de culto. "Estou lixado" pensa Bunny Munro, num súbito momento de autoconsciência reservado a quem está prestes a morrer. Depois do suicídio da mulher, Bunny Munro, caixeiro-viajante, parte com o filho numa viagem pela costa sul de Inglaterra e cedo descobre que tem os dias contados. Mais do que para vender cosméticos, Bunny viaja em busca da sua alma. Com um enredo alucinante, este romance é também uma fábula mordaz e sincera dos nossos tempos. Vibra com a mesma energia que fez de Cave um dos autores de letras mais respeitados do mundo. "Se juntarmos Cormac McCarthy, Franz Kafka e Benny Bill numa estalagem à beira-mar, em Brighton, o resultado talvez seja A Morte de Bunny Munro. Este romance destaca-se como a obra de um dos melhores contadores de histórias dos nossos tempos; uma leitura compulsiva marcada pelo misto de horror e humanidade tão próprios de Nick Cave." Irvine Welsh "Garanhão, vendedor, cadáver… Bunny Munro não é um qualquer, mas todos devem ler este livro. Entre lágrimas e gargalhadas." David Peace

Num vale desolado do sul da América, infestado de pregadores e profetas fanáticos e ignorantes, vive Euchrid Eucrow, mudo de nascença, filho de uma mãe alcoólica e violenta e um pai obcecado em torturar animais. Posto de parte pela comunidade, Euchrid suporta em silêncio as agressões da mãe e a indiferença do pai. Quando os populares declaram que uma menina órfã é uma eleita de Deus, Euchrid fica perturbado, pois vê-a de uma forma muito diferente. Em resultado desta sua convicção, o rapaz fica ainda mais isolado na comunidade, que aponta o dedo à sua crescente insanidade. Atormentado por uma terrível solidão, Euchrid não tardará a querer vingar-se de todos os que fazem da sua vida uma caminhada insuportavelmente dolorosa.

A compulsive read possessing all Nick Cave's trademark horror and humanity - Irvine Welsh.

Struggling to keep a grip on reality after his wife's death, Bunny Munro does the only thing he can think of: with his young son in tow, he hits the road. An epic chronicle of one man's judgement, The Death of Bunny Munro is also an achingly tender portrait of the relationship between father and son.

Tomando como pretexto una gira realizada con su grupo The Bad Seeds, Nick Cave ha creado un libro de impresiones, recuerdos, poemas, letras de canciones, reflexiones sobre su filosofa de la composicion, as como los temores y miedos mas ntimos, que lo d

This is the complete collection of Nick Cave lyrics spanning his entire career, from 1978 until 2013, revised and updated by the cult rock star. "He is an Australian artist like Sidney Nolan is an Australian artist - beyond comparison, beyond genre, beyond dispute". (from Nick Cave's induction into the Australian Hall of Fame). This complete collection of Nick Cave's lyrics spans his entire career, from his writing for The Birthday Party through the highly acclaimed Murder Ballads and The Boatman's Call to recent work with Grinderman and his 2013 album, Push the Sky Away. Brought together in one volume, these lyrics make up one of the most outstanding achievements of contemporary music. Switching between the cynical and the sanguine, the defeated and the defiant, Nick Cave deals in love, war, beauty, children, romance, rejection, Pethedine, poetry, pants, money, flowers and so much more...From the bestselling author of And the Ass Saw the Angel and The Death of Bunny Munroe this definitive collection will be adored by Nick Cave fans everywhere. "His lyrics deal with passion on the edge, and are peopled with mad bayou preachers, black-hearted lovers and killers. His language is rich, poetic, apocalyptic". (Guardian). "Richly poetic creations which live a second life on the page...Essential reading". (Vox). Nick Cave was born in Australia in 1957. He moved to London with his band The Birthday Party in 1990 and four years later he formed The Bad Seeds, with whom he has made 15 studio albums. In recent years he has made two albums with his other band, Grinderman. In 1999 he curated and directed the Meltdown Festival at London's South Bank Centre. He has also written the soundtrack for a number of successful films including The Assassination of Jesse James, Lawless and The Proposition. His novel And the Ass Saw the Angel was an international bestseller, Time Out's Book of the Year, and was reissued in the Penguin Essential series. His second novel The Death of Bunny Monroe was published in 2009. He lives in Brighton with his wife and two children.

Y EL ASNO VIO AL ÁNGEL es una novela que quien la lea nunca la podrá olvidar. Su personaje principal, Euchrid Eucrow, es el producto de varias generaciones incestuosas de consumidores de aguardiente. Con malformaciones fisicas y mudo de nacimiento, pero poseido por una sensibilidad fuera de lo comun, que oculta bajo una simpatica e indestructible fanfarroneria; vive en una aislada comunidad de cultivadores de caña dominada por una estricta y peculiar secta religiosa, los ukulitas. Subyugado por las manias y obsesiones, en ocasiones terrorificas y a veces hilarantes, de una madre monstruosa y un padre medio psicotico, y por la constante mofa del resto de la comunidad, Euchrid aprende a encontrar refugio en un mundo propio, el del corazon de la cienaga en los confines del pueblo. Pero incluso ese cobijo seguro le es negado, y cuando su sensacion de soledad y de resentimiento acaba volcandose sobre una impostora inocente pero privilegiada, aceptada en el seno de la comunidad ukulita, Euchrid va hundiendose gradualmente en el autoengaño y en la demencia, culminando con un acto que deja caer sobre el la terrible venganza del valle. Pese a ser la primera y unica novela, hasta la fecha, del cantante pop australiano Nick Cave, miembro fundador del legendario grupo de rock The Birthday Party y de su actual banda The Bad Seeds ademas de colaborador musical del director aleman Wim Wenders en su pelicula El cielo sobre Berlin; la historia de Euchrid, con sus pasajes epicobiblicos, sus milagros, visiones y digresiones obsesivas, es una comedia macabra, profundamente mordaz, tramada con brillantez y asombrosamente escrita.

'Bible-black humour...enough visitations, portents and religious lunacy to qualify as the second-greatest story ever told' - "Elle". 'It is as if a Faulkner novel had been crossed with "Whistle Down the Wind" and then narrated by a stoned blues musician' - "Daily Telegraph".