As everyone
knows, David Bowie died yesterday. The
legendary musician was a voracious reader who apparently read a book a day. Many of his albums were influenced by books. "When Vanity Fair asked him 'What is your idea of perfect happiness?' he responded simply 'reading'" (http://electricliterature.com/david-bowies-100-favorite-books/).
In the fall
of 2013, an exhibition entitled David
Bowie is was held at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. “Spanning five decades and featuring more
than 300 objects from Bowie’s personal archive, this totally immersive
multimedia show celebrates the groundbreaking artist’s collaborations in the
fields of fashion, sound, theatre, art and film” (http://www.ago.net/david-bowie-is/). When the exhibition moved from London’s
Victoria and Albert Museum to the AGO, Bowie’s archivist supplied the curators
with a list of his top 100 books. This
is the list as it appeared in 2013 in the British newspaper, The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/01/david-bowie-books-kerouac-milligan.
On the
death of David Bowie, that list is being re-released. In this list, the books are more organized:
As a
tribute to this creative icon, why not read a book from Bowie’s list of
favourites?
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