Jane Eisner Carole King biografie recensie, review en informatie over de inhoud van het boek over de Amerikaanse zangeres en songwriter. Op 16 september 2025 verschijnt bij Yale University Press in de reeks Jewish Lives de Carole King biografie. Het boek is geschreven door Jane Eisner. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.
Jane Eisner Carole King biografie recensie en review
- “Jane Eisner movingly traces King’s journey to become one of the most celebrated singer-songwriters of all time. This masterful biographer’s evocative interpretations of King’s music will spur readers to update their playlists to listen, with new appreciation, to her songs.” (Pamela S. Nadell)
- “Eisner’s portrait is a thoughtful, nuanced, and intelligent take on a reluctant pop star.” (June Sawyers, Booklist)
Carole King
She Made the Earth Move
- Auteur: Jane Eisner (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: biografie, muziekboek
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Yale University Press
- Reeks: Jewish Lives
- Verschijnt: 16 september 2025
- Omvang: 280 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
- Prijs: $ 28,00
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van de biografie van Carole Kings de zangeres en songwriter
Jane Eisner traces the professional accomplishments and personal challenges of pop icon Carole King, exploring her unique contribution to American music.
Carole King’s extraordinary career has defined American popular music for more than half a century. Born in New York City in 1942, she shaped the soundtrack of 1960s teen culture with such songs as “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” one of many Brill Building classics she wrote with her first husband, Gerry Goffin. She was a leading figure in the singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s, with dozens of Billboard Hot 100 hits and music awards—her 1971 album Tapestry won a record four Grammys. Yet she struggled to reconcile her fame with her roles as a wife and mother and retreated to the backwoods of Idaho, only to emerge in recent years as a political activist and the subject of the Tony-winning Broadway show Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
Journalist and author Jane Eisner places King’s life in historical and cultural context, revealing details of her humble beginnings in Jewish Brooklyn, the roots of her musical genius, her four marriages, and her anguish about public life. Drawing on numerous interviews as well as historical and contemporary sources, this book brings to life King’s professional accomplishments, her personal challenges, and her lasting contributions to the great American songbook.
Jane Eisner is born on 31 December 1955. She is a widely published journalist who held leadership positions at the Philadelphia Inquirer and The Forward. She is the author of Taking Back the Vote. Eisner lives in New York City.
