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A wise and hilarious collection from the bestselling author of Funny Girl, About a Boy, and High Fidelity. Songs, songwriters, and why and how they get under our skin… Songbook is Nick Hornby’s labor of love. A shrewd, funny, and completely unique collection of musings on pop music, why it’s good, what makes us listen and love it, and the ways in which it attaches itself to our lives—all with the beat of a perfectly mastered mix tape.

31 Songs is best-selling author Nicky Hornby's ultimate desert island disks Through thirty-one songs that he either loves or has loved, Nick Hornby tells us what music means to his life. These personal and passionate pieces - refreshingly free of pretension - are a celebration of the joy that certain songs have given him. Together with additional writings on music from his column in the new Yorker - seen in the UK for the first time - 31 Songs is for Hornby what many of us have always wanted: a soundtrack to accompany life.

Through thirty-one songs that he either loves or has loved, Nick Hornby tells us what music means to his life. These personal and passionate pieces - refreshingly free of pretension - are a celebration of the joy that certain songs have given him. Together with additional writings on music from his column in the New Yorker - seen in the UK for the first time - 31 SONGS is for Hornby what many of us have always wanted: a soundtrack to accompany life.

'I decided that I wanted to write a little book of essays about songs I loved ... Songs are what I listen to, almost to the exclusion of everything else.' In his first non-fiction work since Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby writes about 31 songs that either have some great significance in his life - or are just songs that he loves. He discusses, among other things, guitar solos and losing your virginity to a Rod Stewart song and singers whose teeth whistle and the sort of music you hear in Body Shop. 'The soundtrack to his life ... a revealing insight into one of Britain's most popular writers' Evening Standard

Ник Хорнби - современный английский писатель, которого, по его словам, не на шутку удивляет его статус "культового" автора. Первый роман Хорнби "Футбольная горячка" появился в 1992 году и был отмечен премией Уильяма Хилла как лучшая книга года на тему спорта. Затем последовали романы "Hi-Fi" (1995), "Мой мальчик" (1998), "Как стать добрым" (2001). В 1999 году Ник Хорнби был удостоен Американской академией искусств и словесности премии Э. М. Фостера. "31 песня" - это не музыкальная критика (или не совсем музыкальная критика), это тридцать один повод для размышлений о жизни, природе творчества, переменах, которые мы переживаем; о любви,…

Through thirty-one songs that he either loves or has loved, Nick Hornby tell us what music means to his life. These personal and passionate pieces - refreshingly free of pretension - are a celebration of the joy that certain songs have given him. Together with additional writings on music from his column in the New Yorker - seen in the UK for the first time - "31 Songs" is for Hornby what many of us have always wanted: a soundtrack to accompany life.

Through thirty-one songs that he either loves or has loved, Nick Hornby tell us what music means to his life. These personal and passionate pieces - refreshingly free of pretension - are a celebration of the joy that certain songs have given him. Together with additional writings on music from his column in the New Yorker - seen in the UK for the first time - "31 Songs" is for Hornby what many of us have always wanted: a soundtrack to accompany life.