Bono

Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: 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. "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 As one of the music world's most iconic artists and the cofounder of the organizations ONE and (RED), Bono's career has been written about extensively. But in Surrender, it's Bono who 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 fourteen, to U2's unlikely journey to become one of the world's most influential rock bands, to his more than twenty years of activism dedicated to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty. Writing with candor, self-reflection, and humor, Bono opens the aperture on his life--and the family, friends, and faith that have sustained, challenged, and shaped him. Surrender's subtitle, 40 Songs, One Story, is a nod to the book's forty chapters, which are each named after a U2 song. Bono has also created forty original drawings for Surrender, which will appear throughout the book.

40 Songs, One Story

Surrender

Bono—artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2—has written a memoir: 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. “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 As one of the music world’s most iconic artists and the cofounder of the organizations ONE and (RED), Bono’s career has been written about extensively. But in Surrender, it’s Bono who 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 fourteen, to U2’s unlikely journey to become one of the world’s most influential rock bands, to his more than twenty years of activism dedicated to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty. Writing with candor, self-reflection, and humor, Bono opens the aperture on his life—and the family, friends, and faith that have sustained, challenged, and shaped him. Surrender’s subtitle, 40 Songs, One Story, is a nod to the book’s forty chapters, which are each named after a U2 song. Bono has also created forty original drawings for Surrender, which will appear throughout the book.

Ana Mata Buil

Miguel Temprano García

40 canciones, una historia

Las memorias de Bono, el vocalista principal de U2. Un libro honesto e irreverente, íntimo y profundo, Surrender es la historia de su vida, de sus retos, y de los amigos y familia que lo han sostenido. Se trata de uno los artistas más icónicos de la música en todo el mundo y se han escrito miles y miles de páginas sobre su carrera; sin embargo, en Surrender, es ahora Bono quien se sienta ante la hoja en blanco para contarnos, por primera vez y en primera persona, los detalles de su formidable vida y las personas con las que la ha compartido. Su indistinguible voz nos conduce en un recorrido que va desde su infancia en Dublín, pasando por la repentina muerte de su madre cuando tenía 14 años y el insólito camino que hubo de recorrer U2 para convertirse en uno de los grupos de rock más influyentes del planeta, hasta llegar a un examen de las más de dos décadas que ha dedicado al activismo, luchando contra el SIDA y la pobreza extrema. La escritura de Bono, con la que ha realizado un ejercicio de autorreflexión honesta, no exenta de un saludable sentido del humor, logra abrir más el foco sobre su vida, así como sobre su familia, sus amigos y sus creencias, los cuales le han servido de apoyo, acicate y ejemplo durante todos estos años.

Surrender: 40 canciones, una historia / Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

Michka Assayas

A portrait of the Grammy Award-winning lead singer of U2 describes his influences, his long-time marriage to his childhood sweetheart, and his work as a spokesperson for Third-World issues.

In Conversation with Michka Assayas; with a Foreword by Bono

Sonny Bono

Sonny Bono's story is the dramatic saga of a man who lives the American dream--who's gotten knocked down countless times, only to get back up and win . . . again and again. Bono finally gets to tell his side of the Sonny and Cher story . . . startingly candid . . .--USA Today.

And the Beat Goes on

Dave Thompson

Susan Black

This completely revised and updated edition comprises all the influential comments U2's lead singer has made over the last 20 years.

In His Own Words

Bono reflects on his transformation from singer and international celebrity to influential spokesperson for the Third World.

Franca, irreverente, intimista e profunda, a voz de Bono não se esgota na banda que lidera. Nas suas memórias, o ativista, artista e vocalista dos U2 leva o leitor numa viagem pelo improvável percurso de uma vida dedicada à música e à luta contra a pobreza. «Nasci com um coração excêntrico.» Um livro notável, escrito por um artista combativo, que descobre o melhor de si mesmo quando aprende a render-se. Episódico e irreverente, introspetivo e esclarecedor Surrender é a história da vida de Bono, organizada - mas pouco - à volta de quarenta canções dos U2. Filho de pai católico e mãe protestante, Bono cresceu no lado norte de Dublin, numa altura em que a violência sectária recrudescia na Irlanda. A perda precoce da mãe, aos catorze anos, constituiu a ausência que haveria de determinar a forma como buscou uma outra família. Nos primeiros tempos, sentiu-se mediano, mas a sua vida acabaria por mostrar que nenhum de nós é mediano. A sua criatividade é caótica, mas constante... em estúdio, em palco, numa manifestação, nos corredores do Congresso dos Estados Unidos, ou na esquina de um bar. Tomamos conhecimento da sua dificuldade em lidar com a raiva, que tempera o que escreve sobre o amor e a não-violência, ao mesmo tempo que assume ter um ego «muito maior do que a autoestima». Ao longo de quatro décadas, os U2 passaram da condição de adolescentes amadores para se tornarem a maior banda do mundo, e Bono evoluiu também, de ativista nos tempos livres a uma força dedicada em exclusivo à luta pelo perdão da dívida externa dos países pobres, pressionando vários governos, em especial a administração norte-americana, a dar resposta à emergência mundial que a SIDA se revelou. Acompanhamo-lo desde o nascimento do PEPFAR, o Plano de Emergência do Presidente dos Estados Unidos para o Alívio da SIDA. Foi, na altura, a maior intervenção sanitária da História da Medicina para combater uma doença específica. Bono descreve os membros da ONE, a ONG que criou, como «fativistas», e a organização irmã (a RED) como um primeiro medicamento para o ativismo. Os fãs dos U2 descobrirão por que motivo, segundo Bono, os U2 continuaram juntos, apesar de décadas de lutas pessoais e acesas divergências criativas, e ser-lhes-ão dadas chaves de interpretação para as canções mais conhecidas e importantes da banda. Bono abre as portas da sua vida interior. O desperdício do potencial humano é um tema recorrente, tal como a sua fé, que descreve como a capacidade de distinguir os sinais no meio do ruído, uma «voz baixa e suave» que ouve com distinta nitidez no seu casamento, na música e na luta contra a pobreza extrema. Surrender é, acima de tudo, a história de amor que escreve com a mulher, Ali, que convidou para sair pela primeira vez na mesma semana do primeiro ensaio da banda. Alison Stewart é o Norte que orienta as cenas mais importantes deste drama, inclusive o terceiro ato, quecomeçou há pouco e em que ambos têm mais perguntas do que respostas em relação às lutas que devem abraçar e ao momento exato em que devem render-se. "Uma memória poderosa e franca. Com uma honestidade admirável, Bono descreve o que constitui uma grande canção; a relação que tem com a mulher, Ali, e os com os quatro filhos; como a banda quase se separou durante a gravação de Achtung Baby nos anos de 1990; porque nunca tira os óculos; e o conflito em que participou entre unionistas e nacionalistas na irlanda do Norte. Consciente e intensamente autorreflexivo, este livro é leitura obrigatória." Publishers Weekly

40 canções, uma história

Em seu livro de memórias, Bono relembra a infância, detalha a sua incrível trajetória como músico e os vinte anos dedicados ao ativismo Surrender: 40 músicas, uma história é o aguardado livro de memórias de Bono — artista, ativista e vocalista da banda irlandesa de rock U2. Um dos artistas mais icônicos do mundo, Bono teve sua carreira amplamente documentada. Mas, em Surrender, é ele quem está com a caneta em mãos, escrevendo pela primeira vez sobre os feitos de sua vida notável e sobre aqueles com quem ele a compartilha. Com sua narrativa envolvente, Bono nos transporta para sua infância em Dublin, e fala da morte repentina da mãe, quando ele tinha 14 anos. O autor também detalha a jornada improvável do U2 até se tornar uma das mais influentes bandas de rock do mundo, além dos seus 20 anos de ativismo dedicado à luta contra a AIDS e a pobreza extrema. O subtítulo 40 músicas, uma história faz referência aos quarenta capítulos do livro, cada um com o nome de uma música do U2. Com uma profunda autorreflexão e senso de humor, ele analisa sua vida até o momento, assim como a fé, família e amigos que o sustentaram, desafiaram e moldaram. Entre os temas recorrentes, o desperdício do potencial humano e a fé, descrita por Bono como um sinal extraído do barulho, uma “voz mansa e delicada” que ele ouve mais alto em seu casamento, em sua música e nas causas sociais que defende.

40 músicas, uma história

Surrender van Bono is eerlijk, intiem, oneerbiedig en diepzinnig; bijzondere memoires over een bijzonder leven Over de carrière van Bono, een van de meest iconische artiesten van de muziekwereld, is veel geschreven. Maar in Surrender vat Bono voor het eerst zelf de pen op en schrijft hij over zijn buitengewone leven en de mensen met wie hij het heeft gedeeld. Bono neemt ons met zijn unieke manier van vertellen mee naar zijn jeugd in Dublin en beschrijft onder meer het plotselinge verlies van zijn moeder toen hij veertien was, de onwaarschijnlijke manier waarop U2 uitgroeide tot een van de invloedrijkste rockbands van de wereld en zijn activistische strijd van meer dan twintig jaar tegen aids en extreme armoede. Met veel zelfreflectie, openhartigheid en humor gunt Bono ons een gulle blik op zijn leven en de familie, de vrienden en het geloof die hem hebben gesteund, gevormd en uitgedaagd. ‘40 songs, één verhaal’, de ondertitel van Surrender, verwijst naar de veertig hoofdstukken van het boek, die allemaal zijn vernoemd naar een song van U2. Bono heeft voor Surrender ook veertig originele tekeningen gemaakt.

40 songs, één verhaal

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'A brilliant, very funny, very revealing autobiography-through-music. Maybe the best book ever written about being a rockstar' CAITLIN MORAN _______________________________________________________________ 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. '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 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. 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.

Bono Autobiography: 40 Songs, One Story

Bono – Künstler, Aktivist und Sänger der irischen Rock-Band U2 – legt seine umfassende Autobiografie mit dem Titel SURRENDER vor. "In seiner Autobiografie erzählt Bono schonungslos von Ängsten und Selbstzweifeln. ... So offen und selbstkritisch hat man diesen Schamanen des Rock noch nicht erlebt." Welt am Sonntag, 30. Oktober 2022 "Bono zeigt, wie geistreich er schreiben kann. ... Die Liebe zur Musik ist immer da, spricht aus jeder der 696 Seiten ... Und die Liebe zur Welt und den Menschen darin." Süddeutsche Zeitung, 31. Oktober 2022 "... Dafür ist er Bono, der Emotionsmensch, der seiner Leserschaft einen Einblick in seine Seelenwelt gibt, in seine Welt aus Glaube, Poesie, Musik und Liebe." Deutsche Welle, 1. November 2022 Bono ist einer der international bekanntesten Musiker. In SURRENDER schreibt Bono zum ersten Mal selbst über sein Leben und über die Menschen, die ihm nahestehen. Er berichtet von seiner Kindheit in Dublin, vom plötzlichen Tod seiner Mutter, die er mit 14 verlor, von U2s unglaublichem Aufstieg zu einer der einflussreichsten Rock-Bands der Welt, bis hin zu seinem Engagement gegen Aids und den Hunger in der Welt. Aufrichtig, tiefsinnig und auch selbstironisch gibt Bono einen Einblick in sein Leben – wie seine Familie, seine Freunde, seine Musik und sein Glaube ihn stützen, herausfordern und formen. SURRENDER ist ein literarisches Memoir in der Tradition der großen irischen Geschichten-Erzähler. Nach sieben Jahren Arbeit ist eine faszinierende, detailreiche Geschichte über seine Familie, Religion und sein Leben als Künstler, Musiker und Aktivist entstanden. Der Untertitel "40 Songs, One Story" bezieht sich auf die 40 Kapitel des Buchs, die jeweils mit dem Titel eines Songs von U2 überschrieben sind. Zu jedem der Kapitel hat Bono eine Zeichnung angefertigt. Bono über SURRENDER: "Als ich begann, dieses Buch zu schreiben, hoffte ich, genauer aufzeichnen zu können, was ich bisher in meinen Songs nur skizziert habe. Die Menschen, Orte und Chancen in meinem Leben. Das Wort 'Hingabe' hat für mich große Bedeutung. Denn sie war mir nicht in die Wiege gelegt, als ich in den 70ern in Irland mit - musikalisch gesprochen - erhobenen Fäusten aufgewachsen bin. ​​Es ist ein Wort, das ich nur umkreiste, als ich anfing, mir erste Gedanken über das Buch zu machen. Ich mühe mich immer noch ab, diese Demut lehrende Eigenschaft zu meistern - in der Band, in meiner​ Ehe, in meinem Glauben, in meinem Leben als Aktivist. SURRENDER ist die Geschichte eines Pilgers, der nicht so recht vorankommt ... mit einer Menge Spaß dabei." Bono, der Sänger von U2, wurde als Paul David Hewson in Dublin geboren. Er lernte The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. und Adam Clayton in der Schule kennen und gemeinsam gründeten sie 1978 die Band U2. Doch Bono ist nicht nur der Front-Mann von U2, sondern auch ein wegweisender Aktivist. Nach seinem Einsatz für die Jubilee 2000 Schuldenerlass-Kampagne wandte er sich dem Kampf gegen Aids und gegen die Armut in der Welt zu. Er ist Mitbegründer der Organisationen ONE und (RED) sowie des 2016 gegründeten The Rise Fund, einem internationalen Impact Fonds, der in soziale und ökologisch nachhaltige Unternehmen investiert. Bono hat zahlreiche Auszeichnungen erhalten, darunter den Freedom of the City of Dublin Award (zusammen mit U2), die chilenische Pablo Neruda-Medaille, den Orden der französischen Ehrenlegion, die Honorary British Knighthood, den Fulbright Association Prize for International Understanding. Außerdem wurde er vom Time-Magazin zur Person des Jahres ernannt (neben Bill und Melinda Gates). Er lebt in Dublin mit seiner Frau Ali Hewson.

40 songs, eine geschichte | Deutsche Ausgabe. Autobiografie

Las memorias de Bono, el vocalista principal de U2. Un libro honesto e irreverente, íntimo y profundo, Surrender es la historia de su vida, de sus retos, y de los amigos y familia que lo han sostenido. Se trata de uno los artistas más icónicos de la música en todo el mundo y se han escrito miles y miles de páginas sobre su carrera; sin embargo, en Surrender, es ahora Bono quien se sienta ante la hoja en blanco para contarnos, por primera vez y en primera persona, los detalles de su formidable vida y las personas con las que la ha compartido. Su indistinguible voz nos conduce en un recorrido que va desde su infancia en Dublín, pasando por la repentina muerte de su madre cuando tenía 14 años y el insólito camino que hubo de recorrer U2 para convertirse en uno de los grupos de rock más influyentes del planeta, hasta llegar a un examen de las más de dos décadas que ha dedicado al activismo, luchando contra el SIDA y la pobreza extrema. La escritura de Bono, con la que ha realizado un ejercicio de autorreflexión honesta, no exenta de un saludable sentido del humor, logra abrir más el foco sobre su vida, así como sobre su familia, sus amigos y sus creencias, los cuales le han servido de apoyo, acicate y ejemplo durante todos estos años. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Bono—artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2—has written a memoir: 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. “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 As one of the music world’s most iconic artists and the cofounder of the organizations ONE and (RED), Bono’s career has been written about extensively. But in Surrender, it’s Bono who 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 fourteen, to U2’s unlikely journey to become one of the world’s most influential rock bands, to his more than twenty years of activism dedicated to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty. Writing with candor, self-reflection, and humor, Bono opens the aperture on his life—and the family, friends, and faith that have sustained, challenged, and shaped him. Surrender’s subtitle, 40 Songs, One Story, is a nod to the book’s forty chapters, which are each named after a U2 song. Bono has also created forty original drawings for Surrender, which will appear throughout the book.

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