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Stranger Than Kindness

By Nick Cave
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Stranger Than Kindness is a vivid journey into the creative world of musician and storyteller Nick Cave. This collectible volume showcases a rich collection of images from the Royal Danish Library's exhibition, pairing full-colour artwork, handwritten lyrics, photographs, and personal artefacts with insightful commentary from Cave and writer Darcey Steinke. The book delves into themes essential to Cave's work, such as desire, faith, sin, despair, redemption, grief, love, and the power of language, exploring what shapes our lives and fuels creativity.
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Stranger Than Kindness will appeal primarily to fans of Nick Cave, music lovers interested in artistic processes, and readers who appreciate visual and literary explorations of creativity and cultural iconography.

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Stranger Than Kindness

A journey in images and words into the creative world of musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave.

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Stranger Than Kindness is a journey in images and words into the creative world of musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave.

This highly collectible book contains images selected by Cave from 'Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition', presented by the Royal Danish Library in partnership with Arts Centre Melbourne. Featuring full-colour reproductions of original artwork, handwritten lyrics, photographs, and collected personal artefacts, it presents Cave's life, work and inspiration and explores his many real and imagined universes.

Images are paired with commentary and meditations from Cave and celebrated writer Darcey Steinke on themes that are central to Cave's work.

Stranger Than Kindness asks what shapes our lives and makes us who we are, and celebrates the curiosity and power of the creative spirit.

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This book has been praised as a compelling scrapbook tracing Nick Cave's transformation from teenager to international artist, revealing his obsessive creative process and core themes. Critics highlight its deep dive into Cave's psyche through artwork, lyrics, photographs, and personal items, calling it a properly curated and intimate look at his life and work. Reviews note its blend of rare imagery, handwritten content, and insightful essays, making it one of the best music books of the year according to the Guardian, NME, and Evening Standard.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781838852245

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 March 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Books

Edition: Main

Illustration: Full colour photos throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 285.0mm

Weight: 1675g

Pages: 276

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Musicians, Movie Stars & Creative Biographies Nick Cave Non-Fiction

About the Author

Nick Cave has been performing music for more than thirty years and is best known as the songwriter and lead singer of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, whose latest album Ghosteen was widely received as their best work ever. Cave's body of work also covers a wider range of media and modes of expression including film score composition and writing of novels. His recent Conversations events and Red Hand Files website have seen Cave exploring deeper and more direct relationships with his fans.

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