Year of the Monkey: The New York Times bestseller

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 Septe mber' 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 offers this balm to the reader: her wisdom, wit, gimlet eye, and above all, a rugged hope of 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. EAN: 9781526614759 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 2019 Beilage: Hardback Autoren: Smith, Patti Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 171 Themenüberschrift: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs Keyword: Patti Smith; Auguries of Innocence; The Coral Sea; Woolgathering; Babel; Witt; Patti Smith Complete: Lyrics, Notes and Reflections; Just Kids; M Train; Bob Dylan; Chronicles; Viv Albertine; Carrie Brownstein; Kim Gordon; Keith Richards; John Cage; Don Paterson; Karl Ove; Rachel Cusk; New York Times bestsellers 2019; New York Times bestsellers; Debbie Harry; Face it; memoir; autobiography; biography Fachschema: Englische Bücher / Biografie, Erinnerung~Englische Bücher / Musik~Erinnerung / Musik~Musik / Erinnerung~Fotograf - Fotografin Fachkategorie: Unterhaltungsmusik, Popmusik~Komponisten und Songwriter~Musiker, Sänger, Bands und Gruppen~einzelne Fotografen~Memoiren, Berichte/Erinnerungen~Autobiografien: allgemein Länge: 207 mm Breite: 139 mm Höhe: 25 mm Gewicht: 318 gr Produktform: Gebunden