The Beautiful Ones

'Whenever I want to read a book I know will be good, I go to Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Her genres are ever changing, her ability to take on a wild story each time is incredible' TAYLOR JENKINS-REID, author of Daisy Jones and the Six The Grand Season has just begun and already Nina's debut among Loisail's most notable socialites has gone disastrously awry. Nina has always struggled to control her gift of telekinesis, which has earnt her the nickname the Witch of Oldhouse. When Hector Auvray, the renowned entertainer, arrives in town, Nina is dazzled. He too has a telekinetic talent and sees her not as a witch, but ripe with magical potential. Under his tutelage, Nina's talent blossoms, as does her love for him. But great romances are for fairy-tales, and Hector is hiding a secret bitter truth from Nina - and himself - that threatens their courtship. The Beautiful Ones is a sweeping tale of love and betrayal and the struggle between conformity and passion. Discover why readers love The Beautiful Ones 'Jane Austen with added magic!' reader review 'An exquisitely written historical comedy of manners . . . her writing is elegant, rich in description and filled with characters that come vividly to life' reader review 'A completely charming and fun soap opera of a book! There's gossip, mean beautiful women and a great heroine you can't help love' reader review 'An emotionally intelligent novel that orbits around a tender, slow romance . . . one not to miss' reader review 'I adore the way that Silvia writes her characters . . . I can't put her stories down and yet am so sad when I reach the conclusion. Silvia writes stories to be savoured' reader review 'A wonderful book, full of twists and turns and unexpected surprises which kept me utterly gripped from start to finish' reader review 'I had an absolutely fantastic time with The Beautiful Ones and I would readily recommend it' reader review

'Whenever I want to read a book I know will be good, I go to Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Her genres are ever changing, her ability to take on a wild story each time is incredible' TAYLOR JENKINS-REID, author of Daisy Jones and the Six The Grand Season has just begun and already Nina's debut among Loisail's most notable socialites has gone disastrously awry. Nina has always struggled to control her gift of telekinesis, which has earnt her the nickname the Witch of Oldhouse. When Hector Auvray, the renowned entertainer, arrives in town, Nina is dazzled. He too has a telekinetic talent and sees her not as a witch, but ripe with magical potential. Under his tutelage, Nina's talent blossoms, as does her love for him. But great romances are for fairy-tales, and Hector is hiding a secret bitter truth from Nina - and himself - that threatens their courtship. The Beautiful Ones is a sweeping tale of love and betrayal and the struggle between conformity and passion. Discover why readers love The Beautiful Ones 'Jane Austen with added magic!' reader review 'An exquisitely written historical comedy of manners . . . her writing is elegant, rich in description and filled with characters that come vividly to life' reader review 'A completely charming and fun soap opera of a book! There's gossip, mean beautiful women and a great heroine you can't help love' reader review 'An emotionally intelligent novel that orbits around a tender, slow romance . . . one not to miss' reader review 'I adore the way that Silvia writes her characters . . . I can't put her stories down and yet am so sad when I reach the conclusion. Silvia writes stories to be savoured' reader review 'A wonderful book, full of twists and turns and unexpected surprises which kept me utterly gripped from start to finish' reader review 'I had an absolutely fantastic time with The Beautiful Ones and I would readily recommend it' reader review

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Times , Sunday Times and Telegraph Book of the Year ______________________________________________ 'A triumph ... a masterclass in the bottling of its subject’s seductive essence. His presence in this book is so strong that it’s hard to believe he has really left the building' MOJO 'Handsomely presented , visually sumptuous ' THE TIMES ______________________________________________ From Prince himself comes the brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time—featuring never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric sheets, and the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death. Prince was a musical genius, one of the most talented, beloved, accomplished, popular, and acclaimed musicians in pop history. But he wasn't only a musician—he was also a startlingly original visionary with an imagination deep enough to whip up whole worlds, from the sexy, gritty funk paradise of his early records to the mythical landscape of Purple Rain to the psychedelia of Paisley Park. But his greatest creative act was turning Prince Rogers Nelson, born in Minnesota, into Prince, the greatest pop star of his era. The Beautiful Ones is the story of how Prince became Prince—a first-person account of a kid absorbing the world around him and then creating a persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and fame that would come to define him. The book is told in four parts. The first is composed of the memoir he was writing before his tragic death, pages that brings us into Prince's childhood world through his own lyrical prose. The second part takes us into Prince's early years as a musician, before his first album released, through a scrapbook of Prince's writing and photos. The third section shows us Prince's evolution through candid images that take us up to the cusp of his greatest achievement, which we see in the book's fourth section: his original handwritten treatment for Purple Rain—the final stage in Prince's self-creation, as he retells the autobiography we've seen in the first three parts as a heroic journey. The book is framed by editor Dan Piepenbring’s riveting and moving introduction about his short but profound collaboration with Prince in his final days—a time when Prince was thinking deeply about how to reveal more of himself and his ideas to the world, while retaining the mystery and mystique he’d so carefully cultivated—and annotations that provide context to each of the book’s images. This work is not just a tribute to Prince, but an original and energizing literary work, full of Prince’s ideas and vision, his voice and image, his undying gift to the world. ______________________________________________ ‘ Prince’s voice comes through loud and clear ; his personality, joie de vivre and single-mindedness jumping off the page throughout.’ CLASSIC POP MAGAZINE ' The Beautiful Ones is for everyone . It's not a read, but an experience, an immersion inside the mind of a musical genius . You are steeped in Prince's images, his words, his essence… The book can be a starting point for a Prince fascination, or a continuation of long-standing admiration. Either way, it will deepen the connection of any reader with the musical icon.” USA TODAY ‘ The Beautiful Ones remains a jewel-like fragment, Piepenbring’s sensitive introduction providing a snapshot of the Purple One’s last months at Paisley Park and during the Piano and Microphone tour’ Q MAGAZINE 'An affirmation of Prince’s Blackness and humanity… Prince writes about his childhood with clarity and poetic flair, effortlessly combining humorous anecdotes with deep self-reflection and musical analysis… Prince is one of us — he just worked to manifest dreams that took him from the North Side of Minneapolis to the Super Bowl.' HUFFPOST ‘A compelling curiosity that finds its author orbiting around a few touchingly intimate encounters with his sphinx-like subject … with passages, lyric sh

I "The Beautiful Ones" fortæller Prince med egne ord og helt nye fotos historien om sin rejse mod at blive en af musikhistoriens allerstørste stjerner. Prince var et musikalsk geni, og en af de allerstørste og meste visionære stjerner popmusikken nogensinde vil få at se. "The Beautiful Ones" er fortællingen om, hvordan drengen Prince Rogers Nelson fra Minnesota blev til hele verdens Prince. I bogen får vi indsigt i hele hans liv fra barndom til gennembrud samt hans visioner og perspektiver for verden. "The Beautiful Ones" består af fire dele, som gennem aldrig før publicerede fotos og notater samt hans erindringer han nåede at skrive kort før sin død, fortæller et unikt menneskes livshistorie.

I "The Beautiful Ones" fortæller Prince med egne ord og helt nye fotos historien om sin rejse mod at blive en af musikhistoriens allerstørste stjerner. Prince var et musikalsk geni, og en af de allerstørste og meste visionære stjerner popmusikken nogensinde vil få at se. "The Beautiful Ones" er fortællingen om, hvordan drengen Prince Rogers Nelson fra Minnesota blev til hele verdens Prince. I bogen får vi indsigt i hele hans liv fra barndom til gennembrud samt hans visioner og perspektiver for verden. "The Beautiful Ones" består af fire dele, som gennem aldrig før publicerede fotos og notater samt hans erindringer han nåede at skrive kort før sin død, fortæller et unikt menneskes livshistorie.