{"product_id":"bob-dylan-9781399416306","title":"Bob Dylan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating insight into Bob Dylan''s musical and spiritual development during the 1960s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBob Dylan arrived in New York one winter morning in 1961, his protest songs and freewheelin'' spirit would go on to capture the heart and minds of the countercultural movement. But like thousands of sensitive, teenage Jewish boys before him, Dylan was concealing his origins. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChronicles,\u003c\/i\u003e the first and only published volume of Bob Dylan''s autobiography, you learn that he came from a small town. You might deduce that his real surname was Zimmerman. However, you would not know that he was Jewish. To many of Dylan''s biographers, his early denial of his Jewish roots is hard to understand but for Harry Freedman it is the key to grasping how this complete unknown burst onto the scene and reinvented not only himself, but popular music. It is this instinct for escape and reinvention that has defined Dylan''s long career - and it all began in 1961 when he got on a bus a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039392203095,"sku":"9781399416306","price":21.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781399416306.jpg?v=1750943553","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bob-dylan-9781399416306","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}