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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids
Selected as Book of the Year by the Daily Telegraph, i paper, Metro and Harper's Bazaar
‘Magical’ - GUARDIAN
‘A gripping tale of the search for meaning in times of turbulence - expressed with Smith’s signature poetic flair’ - VOGUE
‘Extraordinary ... A tense, teasing mix of reality and dream’ - Sunday Times
‘A melancholy mood and poetic language distinguish Smith’s third memoir’ - BBC
‘Her willingness to look closely at life’s closing chapters makes for a magical book’ - WASHINGTON POST
‘The 10 books to read in September’
Following a run of New Year’s concerts at San Francisco’s legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wandering. Unfettered by logic or time, she draws us into her private wonderland, heeding signs along the way, including a talking sign that looms above her. In February, a surreal lunar year begins, bringing unexpected turns, heightened mischief, and inescapable sorrow. For Patti Smith - always exploring and tracking thoughts, the year evolves as one of reckoning with the changes in life’s gyre: with loss, aging, and a dramatic shift in the political landscape of America.
Smith melds the Western landscape with her own dreamscape. Taking us from Southern California to the Arizona desert; to a Kentucky farm as the amanuensis of a friend in crisis; to the hospital room of a valued mentor; and to remembered and imagined places - this haunting memoir blends fact and fiction with poetic mastery.
The unexpected happens; grief and disillusionment. But as Patti Smith heads toward a new decade in her life, she offers this balm to the reader: her wisdom, wit, gimlet eye, and above all, a rugged hope for a better world.
Riveting, elegant, often humorous, illustrated by Smith’s signature Polaroids, Year of the Monkey is a moving and original work, a touchstone for our turbulent times.
Pages: 192, Year of Publication: 0924, Dimensions: 13x13cm
Manufacturer
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Language
- English
- Cover
- Hardcover
- Number of Pages
- 192
- Type
- Biography
- Attribute
- Artists
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Dimensions
- 13x20 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781526614759
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