{"product_id":"9781441101587","title":"Hymns to the Silence: Inside the Words and Music of Van Morrison","description":"\u003ci\u003eHymns to the Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoroughly informed and enlightened  study of the art of a pop music maverick that will delight fans the  world over. In 1991, Van Morrison said, Music is spiritual, the music  business isn't. Peter Mills' groundbreaking book investigates the  oppositions and harmonies within the work of Van Morrison, proceeding  from this identified starting point. \u003ci\u003eHymns to the Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is a detailed  investigative study of Morrison as singer, performer, lyricist, musician  and writer with particular attention paid throughout to the  contradictions and tensions that are central to any understanding of his  work as a whole. The book takes several intriguing angles. It looks at  Morrison as a writer, specifically as an Irish writer who has recorded  musical settings of Yeats poems, collaborated with Seamus Heaney, Paul  Durcan and Gerald Dawe, and who regularly drops quotes from James Joyce  and Samuel Beckett into his live performances. It looks at him as a  singer, at how he uses his voice as an interpretive instrument. And  there are chapters on his use of mythology, on his stage performances,  and on his continuing fascination with America and its musical forms.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142819660016,"sku":"9781441101587","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781441101587_p0.jpg?v=1763801786","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781441101587","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}