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Title: Skywriting by Word of Mouth: And Other Writings, Including the Ballad of John and Yoko by John Lennon ISBN: 0-06-015656-2 Publisher: Harpercollins Pub. Date: 01 October, 1986 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: witty and cherishable
Comment: Skywriting by word of mouth. A very interesting book filled with very unique passages of writings and prose. I have read of all of John Lennon's works, and this one stands out to me. Like his other writings (In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works), there is a style that incorporates wit, charm, humour, with a whole pile of puns: "He was very attached to his dog" takes a literal turn.
Unlike his other writings, Skywriting is a culmination of many short stories with several resurfacing characters that can be understood, to a point. All-in-all, this is a book that is sure to provide amusement.
Rating: 4
Summary: made me want more
Comment: ... of the autobiographical stuff in the first part of the book. John's good at telling what and how, not so good at delving into the why. Whose bright idea was it to use heroin? Why can't he muster anything warmer toward the Beatles than "I bear them no ill will"? Why did he and Yoko allow themselves to get sucked into the revolutionary peace movement when he plainly says it was at odds with his own beliefs? The few morsels we get here really make me wish he had sat down long enough to write a proper autobiography. I guess he figured he had plenty of time... or else had already said what he wanted to say in his songs.
In the later writings, certain turns of phrase and wordplay jump out amidst the (sometimes unreadable) jumble of a restless and always innovative mind. This is a man in love with language for its own sake - "making sense" is beside the point. But it's quite obvious that had he wanted to write stories that made sense in the conventional way, he would've been damn good at it.
The drawings are spare of line, but full of charm. Pretty much like the man himself.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book
Comment: As a assingment I chose the book Skywriting By Word Of Mouth and thought it was an excellent book. This isn't because I am a huge Beatles fan. I like how it was put together and how everything in there is so true!
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Title: John Lennon in His Own Write by John Lennon ISBN: 0684868075 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Lennon Remembers: The Full Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970 by John Lennon, Jann S. Wenner, Jann Wenner ISBN: 1859846009 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Imagine: John Lennon by John Lennon ISBN: 079353884X Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 December, 1988 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono by David Sheff ISBN: 0312254644 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 08 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: John Lennon in His Own Write and a Spaniard in the Works by John Lennon ISBN: 0451163923 Publisher: New Amer Library (Mm) Pub. Date: 01 May, 1988 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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