"Of all John Lennon's songs, "Imagine" has become the song most closely entwined with his memory, more so even than the great songs he wrote for the Beatles. It is in large part because, since his tragic death, this gentle ballad has become his epitaph, both in the Strawberry Fields mosaic in New York's Central Park - not far from the scene of his assassination - and in the imagination of his millions of fans. The poignant utopianism of the lyrics express the essence of Lennon's humanitarianism and melancholy." "Imagine: A Celebration of John Lennon is being published on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of his death. The haunting lyrics are mirrored by photographs from every stage of his life - as a school boy in Liverpool, as a Beatle, with Yoko Ono, and in the years after the breakup of the Beatles. The combination of words and images make an elegant tribute to the life and art of John Lennon. Imagine is being published with the approval of Yoko Ono."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved