Título: Over the Top and Back: The Autobiography
Autor: Sir Tom Jones
Sinopse: The long-awaited autobiography of legendary singer Tom Jones, following six decades of unparalleled experiences in the spotlight to coincide with his 75th birthday.
Across six decades, Sir Tom Jones has maintained a vital career in a risky, unstable business notorious for the short lives of its artists. With a drive that comes from nothing but the love for what he does, he breaks through and then wrestles with the vagaries of the music industry, the nature of success and its inevitable consequences. Having recorded an expansive body of work and performed with fellow artists from across the spectrum and across every popular music genre, from rock, pop and dance to country, blues and soul, the one constant throughout has been his unique musical gifts and unmistakable voice.
But how did a boy from a Welsh coal-mining family attain success across the globe? And how has he survived the twists and turns of fame and fortune to not only stay exciting, but actually become more credible and interesting with age? In this, his first ever autobiography, Tom revisits his past and tells the tale of his journey from wartime Pontypridd to LA and beyond. He reveals the stories behind the ups and downs of his fascinating and remarkable life, from the early heydays to the subsequent fallow years to his later period of artistic renaissance.
It's the story nobody else knows or understands, told by the man who lived it, and written the only way he knows how: simply and from the heart. Raw, honest, funny and powerful, this is a memoir like no other from one of the world's greatest ever singing talents.
This is Tom Jones and Over the Top and Back is his story.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Over the Top and Back: The Autobiography”, de Sir Tom Jones, publicado pela editora Blue Rider Press, em 2016 e com 432 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Blue Rider Press
Páginas: 432
Ano: 2016-11-01
Edição: Reprint
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0399576363
ISBN13: 9780399576362
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Blue Rider Press oferecem uma experiência de leitura marcada por narrativas pessoais e intensas, muitas vezes em primeira pessoa, que exploram temas como justiça, fama, criatividade e desafios humanos profundos. O catálogo privilegia memórias e relatos que trazem uma voz direta e emocional, com histórias que vão do ambiente carcerário até os bastidores do entretenimento, passando por reflexões sobre identidade e superação. O tom varia entre o irônico e o sério, com textos que podem ser tanto humorísticos quanto densos, mas sempre com uma linguagem acessível e envolvente. Há uma atenção especial a trajetórias de vida que revelam conflitos internos e externos, em contextos reais e contemporâneos.
