Faith, Hope and Carnage
Book description
A BOOK OF THE YEAR, ROLLING STONE, NPR, PITCHFORK, THE TIMES (LONDON), TELEGRAPH
“An astoundingly intimate book-length conversation on art and grief spanning the duration of the pandemic years . . . As with Cave’s music, you might flinch, but you will feel alive.”
― Pitchfork
Faith, Hope and Carnage…
Why read it?
2 authors picked Faith, Hope and Carnage as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love reading books about creativity and learning from other writers and artists how they approach their work. I didn’t know much about Cave or his music, and I came across this book after reading a newspaper interview he gave to Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury.
I was impressed by the intelligence, passion, and honesty of Cave’s conversation. A man willing to talk about Jesus, the Bible, faith, religion, grace, the sacred, and defy the dreadful silence surrounding bereavement, loss, and grief was someone who was surely worth finding out more about.
He was. Faith, Hope and Carnage is…
I’m a huge fan of Nick Cave’s music over the years, and believe he’s broken through into a new creative upland in recent years.
On top of that, his writings in “The Red Hand Files” are staggering in their wisdom and humanity. This long-form interview with him by the Irish journalist Sean O Hagan is a masterful assessment of a life lived to the full, in music and beyond it. It deals with the tragic death of his son, creativity, the responsibilities of an artist and so much more. All human life is contained herein.
I found this book uplifting…
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