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A touching memoir, Janv. 25 2003
When I first started going out with my girlfriend, the first book she lent me was this one. She knew Joy Division was one of my favorite groups so it was fitting. I severely enjoyed this book and I definetly recommend this to anyone who wants to know the story closest to the truth. We will never know why Ian killed himself but at least this gives us a backstory to one of the most mysterious frontmen in music history. What I liked most about this book is how Deborah described Ian. She didn't try to sugarcoat the myth by telling the world what a great husband and father Ian was. No, she told the outright truth. Ian was a controlling, malipulating person. Although he wrote some of the most touching songs ever, it doesn't excuse his actions as a person. It also told about the affair he had with a groupie. Another good point to this book was the fact that all the Joy Division lyrics were printed in the back of the book including some unfinished songs and lyrics. i also enjoyed the recollections of Ian's early life and the starting of Warsaw and Joy Division. It is real sad that Ian couldn't have been around to write most touching songs such as Atmosphere and Decades, but at least we have the music he and Joy Division left behind and a book written by his widow, Deborah. An excellent read, front to back!
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Joy Division still rocks, Aoû 5 2002
A good book. Some nice pictures. If you're like me and weren't listening to Joy Division while they were around, it's a very good book for getting to know the whole scene and some of the basics of Ian's life.All of the best to Deborah and their child. There's a beautiful picture of Ian Curtis by the microphone with a black background.
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Honest and myth shattering, Fév 14 2002
I found Touching from a Distance by Deborah Curtis to be very honest. I don't feel she is a bitter person trying to slam the legend of gothic god Ian Curtis. Instead I found her to be very kind in her memories of the husband who abandoned her and their daughter when he found something more interesting to do. She was loyal to her husband then and she is loyal to him now. I enjoyed the book for many reasons, first it is an easy read, not too much of the boring history most biographies have. You experience England's pop culture of the late 70's from someone who was there, and I learned a little of the suffering epilepsy brings. I suggest this book only to those who want truth, not for those who insist on seeing Ian Curtis as a martyr for youth or a dark misunderstood genius. He was human and at times inhuman, but he did leave an invaluable legacy. I was disappointed in the lack of photos and would love to know what happened to Deborah Curtis (who I grew to like very much while reading Touching from a Distance) after her husband's death, what became of Annik, did Ms. Curtis ever get the royalities she so deserved and especially how was Natalie's life affected not only by losing her father but her father's fame? Deborah Curtis is not a door mat like some reviewers claim, she was in love and was desperate to save her marriage (she was 19 at the time of the wedding and 23 at the time she was a widow give her a break!!!!), she is honest and opened her life to a lot of strangers. Great book Ms. Curtis...bon couarge.
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The enigma lives on, Oct. 10 2001
Ian Curtis has been dead for over 20 years but he has left an enigma that still lingers on . If you want answers in this book inevitably you are not going to find them . Deborah had known Ian since their childhood but even she doesn't know why he killed himself . And that mainly is the story . It's how she grew up with him became his wife and the troubles she had to deal with from having a child , Natalie , and Ian having epileptic fits . But yet when it comes to Ian's suicide it is quite chilling all the same . It provides lyrics both known and unknown to us and various unfinished pieces that he was working on . You may scratch the surface but you will never get the true meaning of Ian Curtis no matter how many sides of the story you get .
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Interesting tale, Sep 4 2001
Not all that well written, but an interesting and sad story of mental illness, art, and relationships. Definately a shooting star that burned out fast and bright...
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You dunn her wrong, Aoû 29 2001
There was a lot of hype over this release suggesting Curtis was a 'right wing racist'. What this actually amounted to was the fact he voted conservative and made some off colour remarks about curry. The best line is when he votes conservative on polling day and wouldn't let his wife vote labour because it would cancel his vote! Priceless.
I'm shocked by the mysogyny on this page. 'What did he see in this totally unremarkable women?' Why is she unremarkable, just because she's a housewife and not a pop star? Nonsense. All human beings can be remarkable if you bother to look 'closer'. Besides, he was no catch himself, being a bug-eyed stick insect that worked for the DHSS. Also to claim she did nothing to help or support his problems. Piffle. I think women are heartily sick of this kind of accusation, as if the world revolves around men's backsides. He was away touring all the time, seeing other women and refused to support his kid. Looking after kids is a full time job and she was housebound because of it. I think she showed remarkable little bitterness considering and as for being a 'jejune and insipid' writer, what do you expect, Ibsen? I thought she did a perspicacious job. Women are no fools, and her portraits of men are deadly accurate.
Ultimately, you would do well to remember they were both young.
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caveat emptor, not what you might have expected..., Fév 25 2001
While the other reviewers have praised Deborah Curtis for her so called honesty, I found this biography to be seriously flawed for several reasons.First of all, while it would be naive and puerile to believe that Ian Curtis was perfect, I believe Deborah Curtis makes an overwhelming effort to make herself out as the victim of a selfish, cruel and deceitful man. In reality the blame for Ian's flawed marriage should fall on both their shoulders, as "Debby" was far too permissive with Ian's abusive tendencies and tried too desperately to hang on to her husband even though the love was gone and she was married to a man she barely understood. The entire biography is the view of a woman who was essentially an outsider in Ian Curtis's life. Throughout the book one can see the visible signs of Ian's psyche deteriorating, yet one feels no real effort from Mrs. Curtis to help or understand the love of her life. It was probably this that drove them apart, rather than Deborah's rather childish assumption that it was "the band's fault". Because she was an outsider during Ian's toughest times, the book is missing the most intriguing aspects of Mr. Curtis's life, replacing them instead with rather dreary excerpts from their marriage. This is rather fortunately compensated by the rare view affored of Ian's troubled youth and the rocky start of Joy Division's legendary musical career. In spite of Mrs. Curtis jejune and insipid writing style, these parts of the book are pretty good and almost make the rest of the thing worthwhile. Almost. If you are a Joy Division fan, I recommend this book for the great photos, the unprinted lyrics, and the first-hand account of the band's beginning. However you must be wary of the view of Ian Curtis painted in this book, as you will NOT get a good, unbiased biography of Joy Division's legendary lead singer, and subsequently you won't get much closer (no pun intended) to understanding his untimely suicide. Proceed at your own risk.
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Ian was a happy kid., Déc 28 2000
This fairly written book proves that one can have pity more deserving than one's wrath as she keeps whining about herself being neglected and whatnot. It's a good read, very organised, quite friendly ; but only to the fans who are prepared to learn about things we shouldn't really know. Like how he went cowarding in a corner for a few hours after his wife gave him a playful fright- I never wanted to imagine my hero doing that. I also don't want to have some insane projection of Ian in a fluffy, pink, feathered jacket. However, as nutty and quirky as those things can sound they shall be also intriguing to most... yep.Go read it. Read about all the halarious and disturbing things this lad has done/gone through. It's a swell book for a rainy Tuesday, to no end.
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A Disturbing History Of This Man, Déc 6 2000
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I was was shocked to read about the life of Ian Curtis. My memory of him is now completely different. I was amazed to hear of how badly he treated his wife, how controlling and manipulative he was with her. He really did only care about his music, and that's not such a good thing in this case! Granted, Joy Division's music is amazing and influential, but at what expence? Deborah Curtis was very brave to write the truth about thim. The book itself was written fairly well, has a disography, published and never-before-published lyrics, as well as color photographs. I enjoyed it! All in all, I found the book inlightning, disturbing, depressing, but full of information and insight. Thank you to Deborah Curtis for having the courage to be so candid. One last note: I have to wonder what happened in his childhood to make him turn out that way??
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A brave, personal & unique insight into a genius, Mars 25 2000
Ian Curtis was, after Dylan, the most talented, visionary poet ever to grace the skimpy depths of pop. His writing bore the distilled intensity of the greatest poets, best exemplified on Joy Division's posthumous masterpiece Closer, a peerless, terrifying, airless work which in its final two songs suddenly transforms into a beautiful, war-torn smile of relief, a wonderful, liberating acceptance of death.Deborah Curtis tells her story - and her husband's - with terrifific passion and urgency but with a heatbreaking, neverending determination to understand who he was and what led him to take his own life. This book is a must for all Joy Division fans and anyone interested in the scaffolding behind the dazzle of genius and celebrity - not to suggest that Curtis wasn't the former, because he most certainly was.
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