Photo by Roy Kerwood[HMG Celebrity News] – Since his death in December 1980 the worldwide interest in the life of John Lennon has never faltered. Now his fans will have a new chance to explore the man’s mind as Yoko Ono has agreed to publish his private letters.
For the first time since his death Ono has agreed to help compile a collection of the hundreds of letters, postcards, doodles and notes her husband created during his shortened life. But there were no emails.
“Pen and ink were his medium,” said a spokesman for Little-Brown, the book’s publishers. “John wrote letters and postcards all his life; to his friends, family, strangers, newspapers… Most of which were funny, informative, campaigning, poetic, anguished and sometimes heartbreaking.”
Hunter Davies, the Beatles’ official biographer, will compile the book and letters will be gathered from Yoko’s own collection and from the people to whom John had written.
As a bonus the letters will be printed in chronological order so readers can follow the narrative. Some will even be reproduced in John’s own handwriting, with the occasional cartoon or doodle he added to make a point or just make people smile.
To give you an idea of the value of this collection, in 2003 a short letter from John to an art critic at New York’s ‘Syracuse Post Standard’ newspaper sold for $38,000. And John even foresaw such a day.
“Society only likes dead artists,” he wrote in the letter. “I’m afraid Yoko and myself cannot oblige.”
The publishers have about 200 letters so far and the results will be published in October next year.
So what do you think, guys — Will you buy a copy, and why?
Source: Guardian
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