OUTLAW PETE – POR BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (AUTOR) Y FRANK CARUSO (ILUSTRADOR)

OUTLAW PETE – POR BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (AUTOR) y FRANK CARUSO (ILUSTRADOR).

56 páginas. Tapa dura.

Editor: Simon & Schuster. En inglés.

ISBN-10: 1471142795.

Se trata de ilustraciones de Frank Caruso acompañado de la letra del tema «Outlaw Pete» escrita por Bruce Springsteen y publicada en el LP «Working On A Dream».

El artista que ha creado las ilustraciones es Frank Caruso y la editorial que lo publicará es Simon & Schuster. Bruce Springsteen ha participado activamente en este nuevo proyecto, de hecho, Bruce se inspiró en el libro «Brave Cowboy Bill» (1950) para escribir esta canción: «Mi madre me lo leía cuando era un niño»… Ahora presentan este libro que nos dicen es para todos los públicos.

The first ever book by Bruce Springsteen, one of the biggest artists of this generation – published as a picture book for adults. When Bruce was a little boy, he learned the story of Brave Cowboy Bill,about a pure-hearted little cowboy. It was the first of Bruce’s Western loves, which now range from John Ford films to Mexican music to Native American art. Each of these inspirations, plus what he learned as a man and a rock ‘n’ roller about how to combine whimsy and wisdom, were stations on the way to Outlaw Pete, a modern legend of a criminal who starts out in nappies and confronts the roughest edges of adulthood. It is one of the most ambitious and original story songs Springsteen has ever written – rhapsodic and harsh, a meditation on destiny, filled with absurdities but not for one second of its eight minutes exactly a joke. The book is beautifully illustrated by Frank Caruso. His approach, immaculately detailed, simple when it needs to be, parallels Springsteen’s blend of absurdity and meditation. Reading and listening have rarely so superbly complemented each other. The result becomes the most intense kind of artistic collaboration, a vision shared.

Each of these inspirations, plus what he’s learned as a man and a rock ’n’ roller about how to combine whimsy and wisdom, were stations on the way to Outlaw Pete, a modern legend of a criminal who starts out in diapers and confronts the roughest edges of adulthood. It’s one of the most ambitious and original story songs Springsteen has written—rhapsodic and harsh, a meditation on destiny, filled with absurdities but not for one second of its eight minutes exactly a joke. It’s an elaborate musical drama, weaving into a single tapestry several styles of rock and an orchestration reminiscent of a Morricone soundtrack.

Outlaw Pete is an adult book, illustrated by Frank Caruso, who drew and painted its pages. Caruso does more than illustrate the song. His approach, immaculately detailed, simple when it needs to be, parallels Springsteen’s blend of absurdity and meditation. The questions about destiny remain unanswered, as they must be, but they’re also brought into a different kind of focus. Details that pass by almost unnoticed in the lyrics become central.

Reading and listening have rarely so superbly complemented each other. The result becomes the most intense kind of artistic collaboration, a vision shared.

But I’m not trying to start anything, so buy it, don’t steal it, OK? —Dave Marsh