Richard Fariña (1937–1966)
Autor(a) de Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
About the Author
Obras por Richard Fariña
The Richard Fariña dulcimer book 8 exemplares
Memories 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Dylan Companion: A Collection of Essential Writing About Bob Dylan (1990) — Contribuidor, algumas edições — 96 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Fariña, Richard
- Nome legal
- Fariña, Richard George
- Data de nascimento
- 1937-03-08
- Data de falecimento
- 1966-04-30
- Localização do túmulo
- Monterey City Cemetery, Monterey, California, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Carmel, California, USA
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA
Carmel, California, USA - Educação
- Cornell University
- Ocupações
- singer
songwriter
novelist - Relações
- Fariña, Mimi (spouse)
Membros
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 11
- Also by
- 3
- Membros
- 1,127
- Popularidade
- #22,790
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 21
- ISBN
- 17
- Línguas
- 5
- Marcado como favorito
- 5
In addition to being autobiographical, Been Down So Long is a tribute to the culture of the late 1950s. Drugs, relationships, music, college, sex, religion, all show up and parade past the reader waving their colors of glory. Amidst the electric blue imagery seethes black comedy. There is a jaunty style of half lying that simply cannot be believed. Buzzy. I am sure with all the farmland there are plenty of rainbows and you should not forget about the umbro horrors rocks in the roots that fall down like marshmallows in cloudlike wisps. Gnossos, like Farina, was the king of tall tales, as he says "ovarian doom waiting to be fertilized" (p 12).… (mais)