Yoko Ono : une nouvelle biographie

C’est à ce jour que l’on apprend que Alan Clayson, qui a déjà écrit un livre sur Ringo Starr et George Harrison va publier le livre « The incredible life of Yoko Ono », véritable biohgraphie de la seconde épouse de John Lennon.

Voici une courte biographie de l’auteur : Alan Clayson is the author of The Walrus Was Ringo, The Yardbirds, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison. He contributes to Mojo, Record Collector, and The London Times. In the late 1970s he fronted the legendary punk icons Clayson and the Argonauts and still performs regularly. Barb Jungr is a feature writer and columnist who has contributed to The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel, The Singer, Folk Roots, and The Guardian. She is a singer-songwriter whose CD « Every Grain Of Sand » was on both the Telegraph and The Sunday Times? 10 best jazz CD?s of 2002 lists. She was named International Artist of the Year by Backstage. Robb Johnson has written extensively for the magazine Rock?n?Reel and contributes a regular column to Folk On Tap. He is the author of the songbook Words & Chords: A Robb Johnson Songbook Part 1 and of Journeys Down Denbigh Road, a book of multifaith stories for children.

Et voici la notice relative au livre : This riveting exposé of Yoko Ono covers her early life growing up as the eldest daughter of a wealthy Japanese family and her personal experience as a result of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of the World War II. Detailed are her move to New York for schooling during the 1950s, her first marriage to a composer, and her early days as an experimental artist in London during the early 1960s. New light is shed on her initial meeting with John Lennon and their 13-year relationship, and the rebuilding of her life after his tragic murder. Her life as artist, musician, businesswoman, and mother are explored from her youth to the present.

A l’heure actuelle aucune traduction de cet ouvrage en français n’a été annoncé, mais tout porte à croire que celle-ci ne sera jamais publiée, au regard du très faible succès rencontré par l’ouvrage « Pamplemousse » (traduction du livre de Yoko « Grapefruit ») qui a été édité il y a quelques mois.