Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave's inner life.

Created from over forty hours of intimate conversations with Sean O'Hagan, it is a profoundly thoughtful exploration, in Cave's own words, of what really drives his life and creativity.

The book examines questions of faith, art, music, freedom, grief and love. It draws candidly on Cave's life, from his early childhood to the present day, his loves, his work ethic and his dramatic transformation in recent years.

From a place of considered reflection, Faith, Hope and Carnage offers ladders of hope and inspiration from a true creative visionary.

Details

ISBN13: 9781922458773
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 288
Edition:
Publication Date: 20 Sep 2022
Publisher: Text Publishing
Publication City, Country: Melbourne, Australia
Dimensions (cm): 23.4(H) x 15.3(L)
Weight (gm):

Author Biography

Nick Cave has been performing music for more than forty years and is best known as the songwriter and lead singer of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, whose latest album, Ghosteen, was widely received as their best work ever. Cave's body of work also covers a wider range of media and modes of expression including film-score composition, ceramic sculpture and writing of novels. Over the last few years his Red Hand Files website and 'Conversation with' live events have seen Cave exploring deeper and more direct relationships with his fans.

Sean O'Hagan has interviewed many major artists, writers and musicians over the last four decades. He currently works as a feature writer for the Observer and is photography critic for the Guardian.

Reviews

'[This] intriguing insight into [Cave's] inner life...offers inspiration and hope.' * Denizen *
'Cave and his faithful interlocutor O'Hagan have chiselled an all-time literary masterpiece from rough granite...Anyone familiar with [Cave's] hefty body of work will find much to savour, as there's plenty of rich, detailed and self-effacing discussion of his creative process and various working relationships across the decades. But perhaps above all else, it forms a guidebook for navigating bereavement and re- engagement with the world following the death of a loved one...[Faith, Hope & Carnage] is a wonder.' * Australian *
'Wonderful...I am incredibly grateful that they decided to publish these conversations.' * RRR *
'Illuminating and restorative.' * NZ Listener *
'Vivid, witty...[and] occasionally deeply harrowing...A story suffused with love, teeming with ideas, a document of an artist's journey from holding the world "in some form of disdain" to a state of empathy and grace.' * Guardian *