The memoir Prince was working on at the time of his death is coming out Oct. 29.
Random House confirmed Monday to The Associated Press that 91裸聊视频淭he Beautiful Ones91裸聊视频� will combine a Prince unfinished manuscript with rare photos, scrapbooks and lyrics. First announced just weeks before his 2016 death, the 288-page book will include an introduction by Dan Piepenbring, whom Prince had chosen as a collaborator. The memoir is an exclusive partnership with the Prince Estate.
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91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频楾he Beautiful Ones91裸聊视频� is the deeply personal account of how Prince Rogers Nelson became the Prince we know: the real-time story of a kid absorbing the world around him and creating a persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and the fame that would come to define him,91裸聊视频� Random House announced.
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Piepenbring91裸聊视频檚 introduction will touch upon Prince91裸聊视频檚 final days, 91裸聊视频渁 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 he91裸聊视频檇 so carefully cultivated.91裸聊视频� Piepenbring, whom Prince had called 91裸聊视频渕y brother Dan91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频渘ot a yes man at all,91裸聊视频� is a Paris Review advisory editor who also contributes to The New Yorker.
Prince died three years ago, on April 21, from an accidental overdose of fentanyl at the age of 57. During a Manhattan nightclub appearance in March 2016, he told the audience that 91裸聊视频淭he good people of Random House have made me an offer that I can91裸聊视频檛 refuse.91裸聊视频� He promised the book would start with his 91裸聊视频渇irst memory91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频渉opefully91裸聊视频� continue to his rain-drenched Super Bowl halftime performance in 2007.
In 2018, literary agent Esther Newberg told Variety that Prince had completed more than 50 handwritten pages.
The book91裸聊视频檚 editor, Chris Jackson, said in a statement that 91裸聊视频淭he Beautiful Ones91裸聊视频� was 91裸聊视频渁 beautiful tribute to his life.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 also much more than that: it91裸聊视频檚 a genuinely moving and energizing literary work, full of Prince91裸聊视频檚 ideas and vision, his voice and image,91裸聊视频� said Jackson, whose other authors have included comedian Trevor Noah and Ta-Nehisi Coates. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a treasure not just for Prince fans but for anyone who wants to see one of our greatest creative artists and original minds at work on his greatest creation: himself.91裸聊视频�
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