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Following a run of concerts at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz. Unfettered by logic or time, she draws us into her private wonderland as a surreal lunar year begins, bringing with it unexpected turns, heightened mischief, and inescapable sorrow. In a stranger's words, "Anything is possible: after all, it's the year of the monkey." For Smith--inveterately curious, always exploring--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 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 by turns to remembered and imagined places, this haunting memoir blends fact and fiction with poetic mastery. The unexpected happens; grief and disillusionment set in. But as Smith heads toward a new decade in her own 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.
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Författare: | Patti Smith |
Titel: | Year Of The Monkey |
Typ: | Bok |
Kategori: | Böcker/Memoarer & Biografier |
Releasedatum: | 2020-09-01 |
Artikelnummer: | 744937 |
Lagerstatus: | Beställningsvara Leveranstid: från 7 vardagar |
EAN: | 9781984898920 |
ISBN: | 1984898920 |
Språk: | Engelska |
Bandtyp: | |
Mått(BxHxD): | 137x203x16 mm |
Vikt: | 276 gram |
Titel: | Year Of The Monkey |
Förlag: | Random House US |
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