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A BOOK OF DAYS - PATTI SMITH GEBUNDEN

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days
by the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids and M Train  featuring more than 365
images and reflections that chart Smith’s singular aesthetic—inspired by her wildly popular
Instagram. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Variety  Pitchfork  PopSugar In 2018  without any
plan or agenda for what might happen next  Patti Smith posted her first Instagram photo: her
hand with the simple message Hello Everybody!” Known for shooting with her beloved Land Camera
250  Smith started posting images from her phone including portraits of her kids  her radiator
her boots  and her Abyssinian cat  Cairo. Followers felt an immediate affinity with these
miniature windows into Smith’s world  photographs of her daily coffee  the books she’s reading
the graves of beloved heroes—William Blake  Dylan Thomas  Sylvia Plath  Simone Weil  Albert
Camus. Over time  a coherent story of a life devoted to art took shape  and more than a million
followers responded to Smith’s unique aesthetic in images that chart her passions  devotions 
obsessions  and whims. Original to this book are vintage photographs: anniversary pearls  a
mother’s keychain  and a husband’s Mosrite guitar. Here  too  are photos from Smith’s archives
of life on and off the road  train stations  obscure cafés  a notebook always nearby. In
wide-ranging yet intimate daily notations  Smith shares dispatches from her travels around the
world. With over 365 photographs taking you through a single year  A Book of Days is a new way
to experience the expansive mind of the visionary poet  writer  and performer. Hopeful  elegiac
playful—and complete with an introduction by Smith that explores her documentary process—A Book
of Days is a timeless offering for deeply uncertain times  an inspirational map of an artist’s
life.

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