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 Reeds fascination with Poes work. Reeds poetically streetwise sensibility and style works in surprising harmony with Poes dark chronicles of terror and despair, just as Mattottis vivid, abstracted and enigmatic paintings perfectly complement Reeds haunting, contemporary interpretation of Poes vision. An instant sellout when published in hardcover in
