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Summary: A wonderful engaging autobiography
Review: A wonderful engaging autobiography, I could not put it down. This is a truly gifted man, one who is able to show us his thinking and emotions though his beautiful singing and now in his writing. He reveals to us (the reader) his mental processes of how a young blind boy became a man. His fears, hopes and aspiration are all hear. His love of family and friends (Typically Italian) are touching. His Love for his Homeland (Tuscany). His Blindness, His Love of Music, His Education, His Friendships, His Search for a wife and his experience of having a child and his career and how it all started are all hear. Wonderfully written and beautifully translated. A Must reader the Bocelli fan.
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Summary: Beautiful Book
Review: How do I feel about this book? Charmed, inspired, surprised, humble, grateful. Mr. Bocelli's writing style is truly charming - so candid (about a lot but not so candid about himself). I was surprised at his writing skill and so grateful to the wonderful translator; don't overlook his personal notes at the end. When I dried my eyes after the final page, I felt uplifted and humbled by the Andrea's faith and courage. Because I have read other books about Andrea Bocelli, I had some perspective on this "third person" autobiography. When you read it (and you must) recognize the omissions of certain personal details as what they are, his need to protect and honor the marriage relationships he and Enrica cherish. So much of this book tells us about Andrea's religious and moral self - it is not difficult to understand his need to more completely express his beliefs, as he did in the final paragraphs. You will find this book entertaining, amusing in spots, informative and truly worth your time. Andrea Bocelli not only gives his glorious voice to our sighted world, he brings the reader of his book into that other world of the blind where we find a man who lives by faith and courage most of us will never know. Please read this lovely book - you will be better for it.
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Summary: The Music of Silence, reviewed by Pim
Review: I am not a big fan of opera. In fact, I hated it until Andrea Bocelli came around. I am now a huge fan of Andrea Bocelli and I was so excited when this book came out. I haven't been able to put it down. I find it fascinating. What a life he has had! If you love opera, Bocelli, or enjoy reading about other people's lives, get this book!
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Summary: Andrea Bocelli - The Music Of Silence
Review: i have just read the music of silence by Andrea Bocelli and wow! what an amazing book. it is a must read for Andrea Bocelli fans. it deals with his life stories and it has his best selling memoirs. i am 13 and recomend it for people 12 and older. This a great book and you should either buy it or rent it from your local library as soon as you can. it will be the best book you will ever read.
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Summary: Reading this book will add to your pleasure of listening
Review: I love Bocelli's voice and his passionate delivery of each piece of music that he performs. Reading this refreshing and straight forward memoir has helped me understand why I am so captivated by his work. If you are a Bocelli fan you will enjoy understanding more about how his life has created his voice and presence. I recommmend the book.
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Summary: an excellent read for all
Review: This book is an excellent and inspiring book for even those who do not like Andrea Bocelli's singing. It is an earnest and vivid account of his life up until 1998, when this book was published. I found I could not put it down and read it in a single day. It is captivating, and the English translation seems very faithful to Bocelli's original Italian text.
There were, however, several things i did not like about this book. First of all, basically nothing was said about the music itself. Being a singer ad musician, it would have been far more interesting if Bocelli had mentioned some of the technical aspects of his vocal development. For example, at one stage, fairly late in the book, he talks about the need to extend his range further into his upper register, but he does not specify WHICH notes in particular he is referring to, which would have been interesting. I would have liked for him to specify exactly what were his abilities and short-comings as a singer at different stages in his career.
Also, it I find his adoption of a persona to write about himself incredibly irritating. When I initially began to read his book, I thought that he would begin to call himself by his real name once the book had moved out of childhood stages, but, alas, no. He continued. The adoption of this persona seemed at times to be an excuse to heap praise upon himself in childhood. "Amos' voice rang clear and pure throughout the room", or something of the like, and there are many other such examples.
But, apart from these aspects, this is a fanastic book. It is a factual modern day fairytale, and should be an inspiration to all never to give up on their dreams.
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Summary: As Talented a Writer as a Singer
Review: This is a beautifully written memoir by Andrea Bocelli, who brings to his writing the same qualities he does to his singing--passion, emotional intensity, and love of life.
In recalling the people and places that shaped his life, he is detailed, but also gives his impressions.
A reflective and spiritual man, he is also very active, a man of the world, determined to prove to himself and others that "it was possible for a blind person to do anything he set his mind to. If people judged that something was beyond my capacities, I felt obliged to prove them wrong."
With his usual honesty and insight, he also realizes how much of his identity is based on his extra-ordinary talent: "Day after day, the idea that only my vocal talents could attract the attention and respect of others became more and more rooted in my mind. Singing came for me an identity from which it was impossible to flee."
One can see from these two quotes that his need to prove himself and his strong sense of identifcation with his singing, were the cornerstones on which he built his amazing career.
I was surprised to find that contrary to the somewhat stiff and formal image he sometimes conveys, he is actually an extrovert, tempestuous, and even led a rather desultory exitence during certain periods of his life (especailly when he was playing piano in piano bars in and around Pisa). His relationship with Enrica seemed largely based on the fact that he felt she would help keep him on the straight and narrow.
Expressive, poetic, and even philosophical (he comes to the conclusion we all have destinies we are meant to fulfill), this memoir is a fascinating look into the personality and character of a very gifted and courageous man, who writes, as he sings, from the heart.
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Summary: As Talented a Writer as a Singer
Review: This is a beautifully written memoir by Andrea Bocelli, who brings to his writing the same qualities he does to his singing--passion, emotional intensity, and love of life.
In recalling the people and places that shaped his life, he is detailed, but also gives his impressions.
A reflective and spiritual man, he is also very active, a man of the world, determined to prove to himself and others that "it was possible for a blind person to do anything he set his mind to. If people judged that something was beyond my capacities, I felt obliged to prove them wrong."
With his usual honesty and insight, he also realizes how much of his identity is based on his extra-ordinary talent: "Day after day, the idea that only my vocal talents could attract the attention and respect of others became more and more rooted in my mind. Singing came for me an identity from which it was impossible to flee."
One can see from these two quotes that his need to prove himself and his strong sense of identifcation with his singing, were the cornerstones on which he built his amazing career.
I was surprised to find that contrary to the somewhat stiff and formal image he sometimes conveys, he is actually an extrovert, tempestuous, and even led a rather desultory exitence during certain periods of his life (especailly when he was playing piano in piano bars in and around Pisa). His relationship with Enrica seemed largely based on the fact that he felt she would help keep him on the straight and narrow.
Expressive, poetic, and even philosophical (he comes to the conclusion we all have destinies we are meant to fulfill), this memoir is a fascinating look into the personality and character of a very gifted and courageous man, who writes, as he sings, from the heart.
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Summary: A Gladsome, Modest Memoir!
Review: This is the memoir music-lovers have waited for. This liquid golden-voiced Italian tenor from Tuscany, tells of his blindness & how music soothed him; of his struggles as a boy to live a normal life; his studies to become a lawyer & how he found his world-class voice. Andrea Bocelli is a refreshingly simple, humble fellow imbued with love, humor & a sense of the Grand Adventure. Andrea Bocelli wrote this memoir himself on a special Braille computer, without a ghostwriter & Stanislav Pugliese translated it into English. This is the angel who sang for Mayor Juiliani during a Memorial for those who perished in the September 11 attacks & I only wish there had been a CD of his favorite songs attached to this memoir.
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