Year of the Monkey

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<b>A <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b><b> From the National Book Award-winning author of<i> Just Kids</i> </b><b>Selected as Book of the Year by the <i>Daily Telegraph</i>, <i>i paper</i>, <i>Metro </i>and <i>Harper's Bazaar</i> 'Magical' <i>GUARDIAN</i></b><b>'A gripping tale of the search for meaning in times of turbulence - expressed with Smith's signature poetic flair' <i>VOGUE </i></b><b>'Extraordinary ... A tense, teasing mix of reality and dream' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><b>'A melancholy mood and poetic language distinguish Smith's third memoir' BBC</b><b>'Her willingness to look closely at life's closing chapters makes for a magical book' <i>WASHINGTON POST, </i>'The 10 books to read in September'</b> 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, with no design yet heeding signs, including a talking sign that looms above her, prodding and sparring like the Cheshire Cat. In February, 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 Patti Smith - inveterately curious, always exploring, tracking thoughts, writing 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 by turns 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 own life, she

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781526614759

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

207 x 139 x 25 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Verlag / Hersteller

Bloomsbury UK