Surrender

Surrender - Die fesselnde Autobiografie von Bono, dem Künstler, Aktivisten und Sänger der legendären irischen Rockband U2.In seiner lang erwarteten Autobiografie Surrender gewährt Bono einen intimen Einblick in sein Leben voller Höhen und Tiefen. Schonungslos ehrlich erzählt er von seinen Ängsten, Selbstzweifeln und prägenden Erlebnissen, die ihn zu dem Menschen und Musiker gemacht haben, der er heute ist.Von seiner Kindheit in Dublin über den tragischen Verlust seiner Mutter bis hin zum kometenhaften Aufstieg von U2 zu einer der einflussreichsten Rockbands der Welt - Bono teilt seine persönliche Geschichte mit einer Offenheit und Selbstreflexion, die man von dem Ausnahme-Künstler so noch nicht erlebt hat. Dabei zeigt er auch seine weniger bekannte Seite als leidenschaftlicher Aktivist im Kampf gegen Aids und Armut.Surrender ist ein literarisches Memoir im Stil der großen irischen Geschichtenerzähler. In 40 Kapiteln, die jeweils nach einem U2-Song benannt sind, entfaltet sich eine faszinierende Lebensgeschichte voller Details über Familie, Freunde, Musik und Glaube. Bono selbst hat die einzelnen Kapitel mit aussagekräftigen Illustrationen eingeleitet.Ein Must-Read für alle U2-Fans und jeden, der sich für die Person hinter dem Künstler interessiert - Surrender ist eine ergreifende Hommage an die Kraft der Musik, der Liebe und des Glaubens. Begleiten Sie Bono auf seiner ganz persönlichen Pilgerreise durch ein außergewöhnliches Leben.

An updated and abridged edition of Bono's bestselling memoir, including a new introduction by the author, Stories of Surrender is an unforgettable love story, a tribute to fatherhood, friendship, faith and music. Honest, irreverent, and intimate, it's a backstage pass to a frontman's remarkable life, from Bono's childhood in Dublin to the rise of U2. A companion to the Apple Original Film of his critically acclaimed solo theatre show, Stories of Surrender is a luminous autobiography of one of the great voices of our time.<BR><BR>Bono: Stories of Surrender, An Apple Original Film is streaming on Apple TV+ this May.<BR><BR>'Bono - the guy that wants to save the world. One of the Dubliners. Rock star poet. Lovable rogue. You have to appreciate his commitment to social causes - always pushing for change, always trying to fix things. Good for him. Most people don't even bother. Trying to change the world and maybe transcend it. Singing for a world too obsessed with noise to listen. Searching for redemption like all of us are - and he seems to be aware of the depths of that search. He knows the distance between the soul and the public square. He's got guts that guy. Bravo Bono.' Bob Dylan<BR><BR>'A brilliant, very funny, very revealing, autobiography-through-music. Maybe the best book ever written about being a rockstar.' Caitlin Moran<BR><BR>'Surrender is a rich and honest book, rich because of its honesty. If you want to know the man behind the shades, read this book. He's worth getting to know.' Salman Rushdie

Un libro di un artista combattivo, che scopre di essere al suo meglio quando impara ad arrendersi. Episodico e irriverente, introspettivo e illuminante, "Surrender" è la storia della vita di Bono, strutturata ¿ senza troppo rigore ¿ intorno a quaranta canzoni degli U2. Bono è nato nel Northside di Dublino da padre cattolico e madre protestante in un periodo di crescente violenza settaria in Irlanda. La perdita della madre a quattordici anni ha aperto in lui un vuoto che lo avrebbe portato a cercarsi una famiglia. Da piccolo si sentiva mediocre, ma la sua vita avrebbe dimostrato che nessuno è davvero mediocre. Ha una creatività caotica ma onnipresente... in studio di registrazione, sul palco, durante una manifestazione, nei corridoi del Congresso degli Stati Uniti o nell¿angolo di un bar. Scopriamo le sue difficoltà a gestire la rabbia, un sentimento che traspare dalle sue canzoni sull¿amore e sulla nonviolenza, e lo sentiamo ammettere di avere un ego ¿ben più grande della mia autostimä. In quarant¿anni di carriera gli U2 si trasformano da ambiziosi teenager al più grande gruppo del mondo, e Bono da attivista part-time a forza motrice a tempo pieno della lotta per cancellare il debito dei paesi poveri e convincere i governi, in particolare quello degli Stati Uniti, ad affrontare l¿emergenza globale dell¿AIDS. Assistiamo con lui alla nascita del PEPFAR, il President¿s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, all¿epoca il più grande intervento contro una singola malattia nella storia della medicina. Bono definisce ¿fattivisti¿ i membri di ONE, la ONG di cui è stato cofondatore, e descrive l¿organizzazione gemella (RED) come ¿droga di passaggio¿ per l¿attivismo. I fan degli U2 scopriranno l¿opinione di Bono sulla longevità della band a fronte di decenni di difficoltà personali e profonde divergenze creative, e troveranno le chiavi per interpretare le canzoni più famose e importanti del gruppo. Si aprono le porte sulla vita interiore di Bono. Un tema ricorrente è lo spreco del potenziale umano, un altro è la fede, definita come capacità di percepire il segnale nel rumore, una ¿piccola voce quietä che l¿artista sente soprattutto nel suo matrimonio, nella sua musica e nella lotta contro la povertà estrema. Ma più di ogni altra cosa "Surrender" è una storia d¿amore dedicata alla moglie Ali, che Bono invitò a uscire per la prima volta la stessa settimana in cui gli U2 avevano suonato insieme per la prima volta. Alison Stewart è la regista delle scene fondamentali di quest¿opera, compreso il terzo atto in cui la coppia sta entrando oggi, alle prese con tante domande e poche risposte su quando vale la pena di combattere e quando è il caso di arrendersi.

'A brilliant, very funny, very revealing autobiography-through-music. Maybe the best book ever written about being a rockstar' CAITLIN MORAN<BR>_______________________________________________________________<BR><BR>Bono - artist, activist and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 - has written his autobiography: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him.<BR><BR>'When I started to write this book I was hoping to draw in detail what I'd previously only sketched in songs. The people, places, and possibilities in my life. Surrender is a word freighted with meaning for me. Growing up in Ireland in the seventies with my fists up (musically speaking), it was not a natural concept. A word I only circled until I gathered my thoughts for the book. I am still grappling with this most humbling of commands. In the band, in my marriage, in my faith, in my life as an activist. Surrender is the story of one pilgrim's lack of progress ... With a fair amount of fun along the way.' - Bono<BR><BR>As one of the music world's most iconic artists and the cofounder of organizations ONE and (RED), Bono's career has been written about extensively. But in Surrender, Bono's autobiography, he picks up the pen, writing for the first time about his remarkable life and those he has shared it with. In his unique voice, Bono takes us from his early days growing up in Dublin, including the sudden loss of his mother when he was 14, to U2's unlikely journey to become one of the world's most influential rock bands, to his more than 20 years of activism dedicated to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty. Writing with candour, self-reflection, and humour, Bono opens the aperture on his life - and the family, friends and faith that have sustained, challenged and shaped him.<BR><BR>Surrender's subtitle, "40 Songs, One Story," is a nod to the book's 40 chapters, which are each named after a U2 song. Bono has also created 40 original drawings for Surrender which will appear throughout the book.

An updated and abridged edition of Bono’s bestselling memoir, including a new introduction by the author, Bono: Stories of Surrender is an unforgettable love story, a tribute to fatherhood, friendship, faith, and music. <BR><BR>Honest, irreverent, and intimate, the book is a backstage pass to a frontman’s remarkable life, from Bono’s childhood in Dublin to the rise of U2. A companion to the Apple Original Film of his critically acclaimed solo theater show, Stories of Surrender is a luminous autobiography of one of the great voices of our time.<BR><BR>Bono: Stories of Surrender, An Apple Original Film is streaming on Apple TV+ this May<BR><BR>Originally published as Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story<BR><BR><BR>“Bono—the guy that wants to save the world. One of the Dubliners. Rock star poet. Lovable rogue. You have to appreciate his commitment to social causes—always pushing for change, always trying to fix things. Good for him. Most people don’t even bother. Trying to change the world and maybe transcend it. Singing for a world too obsessed with noise to listen. Searching for redemption like all of us are—and he seems to be aware of the depths of that search. He knows the distance between the soul and the public square. He’s got guts that guy. Bravo Bono.”<BR>—Bob Dylan<BR><BR>“Bono tells us who he is as a friend and a family member, an artist and a true believer. The result is both electrifying and intimate, a spectacular read.”<BR>—Ann Patchett <BR><BR>“Surrender is a rich and honest book, rich because of its honesty. If you want to know the man behind the shades, read this book. He’s worth getting to know.”<BR>—Salman Rushdie