The Raven

Reed, Lou

ISBN 10: 1606995855 / ISBN 13: 9781606995853

Published by Fantagraphics, 2012

About this Item

Softcover without dust jacket. Ex-Library book with appropriate stamps, stickers and markings. Booktape to spine. Mild wear noted to corners and edges. Pages clean and bright. Created by Lou Reed as a musical adaptation of the writings of Edgar Allan Poe and produced on stage by Robert Wilson under the title POEtry, The Raven, in its latest and loveliest incarnation, now boasts yet another collaborator: The legendary cartoonist and illustrator Lorenze Mattotti, who brings out all the terror and beauty of this centuries-spanning masterwork. Graphic Novel.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Raven
• Publisher: Fantagraphics
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1606995855
• ISBN 13: 9781606995853
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

An Edgar Allan Poe and Lou Reed mash-up, illustrated with paintings by Mattotti: now in paperback.

Back in 2003, Lou Reed paid tribute to poet Edgar Allan Poe with his sprawling album, The Raven. This gorgeous book of art and poetry, made in collaboration with Italian illustrator Lorenzo Mattotti, shares its title with that album and further explores Reed’s fascination with Poe’s work. Reed’s poetically streetwise sensibility and style works in surprising harmony with Poe’s dark chronicles of terror and despair, just as Mattotti’s vivid, abstracted and enigmatic paintings perfectly complement Reed’s haunting, contemporary interpretation of Poe’s vision. An instant sellout when published in hardcover in 2011, this new softcover edition should leap off the shelves as well. 188

About the Authors

Lou Reed’s (b. 1942) most recent releases include Romanticism, a collection of photographs, and Lou Reed’s Berlin, the Julian Schnabel-filmed record of a multi-media performance of Reed’s iconic 1973 album. The guitarist and principal songwriter for The Velvet Underground, he has enjoyed a long and successful solo career. His book of photographs, New York, was published in 2008.

Lorenzo Mattotti is a highly sought-after illustrator ( with frequent appearances in and on The New Yorker) and acclaimed graphic novelist. He lives in Paris, France; his work includes The Raven, a collaboration with Lou Reed re-imagining the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

Lorenzo Mattotti is a highly sought-after illustrator ( with frequent appearances in and on The New Yorker) and acclaimed graphic novelist. He lives in Paris, France; his work includes The Raven, a collaboration with Lou Reed re-imagining the works of Edgar Allan Poe.