EAN: 9781526650986

A BOOK OF DAYS - PATTI SMITH GEBUNDEN

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**    'Beautiful ... A work of creative homage to writers  poets
friends and family' OBSERVER    A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of
days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train. More than 365 images
chart Smith's singular aesthetic - inspired by her wildly popular Instagram   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 never-before-seen
photos 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 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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