DAVID BOWIE: LIVES, DYLAN JONES

This isn't the story of Ziggy Stardust. Nor is it the story of Aladdin Sane or the Thin White Duke. We could even say it's not even the story of David Bowie: it's the story of David Jones, the man behind all the masks, behind the disguises, behind the genius. A complex, rich, and revealing portrait of the musician, the actor, the artist, and the person. Composed from seven long conversations with Bowie himself and more than 180 interviews with friends, rivals, family members, accomplices, lovers, and collaborators (several of whom had never before spoken about their relationship with him), this oral biography weaves a vibrant and kaleidoscopic tapestry to narrate his singular path to stardom and an inimitable artistic career. From his childhood in a London suburb to the recording of Blackstar, his final album, Lives offers what is perhaps the best way to approach the trajectory of such a chameleon-like artist: by letting those who knew him during his different stages describe "their" particular Bowie.

Tracing Bowie's journey chronologically from London to New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, and beyond, this collective narrative describes the life of a man profoundly shaped by his relationship with his father, a publicist, and his schizophrenic half-brother, who introduced him to jazz and the Beat Generation; an intuitive artist prone to absorbing influences through intense relationships that ended abruptly when they ceased to be useful to him. Insightful and brimming with anecdotes, David Bowie: Lives is arguably the most intimate portrait ever written of the man behind the artist, the star, the myth.

• ISBN: 978-84-17645-26-7
• Hardcover with dust jacket
• 640 pages
• DIMENSIONS: 16.5 x 24 cm.
• COVER: Mike Maloney
• TRANSLATION: Óscar Palmer