With his first two albums, Bob Dylan and The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, a young American folk singer triggered the beginning of an earthquake. Drawing on a timeless repertoire, and adding candor, humor, and modern poetic imagery, Bob Dylan redefined in the early 1960s what an artist could express in a song, thereby revolutionizing the entire music industry and helping to lay the foundations of modern rock. After 50 years of career and several hundred compositions, Dylan remains a paradoxical and enigmatic figure, admired by some, detested by others. This volume strives to capture the man and the artist through his contradictions and successive identities, from the young idealist to the sarcastic veteran, passing through the rock dandy and the mystical storyteller.