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  Title

  Year of the monkey First edition.

  Author

  Smith, Patti,  

  Publisher:

  Alfred A. Knopf,

  Pub date:

  2019.

  Pages:

  171 pages :

  ISBN:

  9780525657682

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Whittwood Branch Library.
  

  • 9780525657682
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    Whittwood Branch Library	Copies	Material	Location
    818.54 SMITH	1	Adult Non-Fiction Book	Adult Non-Fiction

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  Year of the monkey First edition.
  Smith, Patti,
  

  ISBN:

  9780525657682 hardcover

  ISBN:

  0525657681 hardcover

  Personal Author:

  Smith, Patti,

  Title:

  Year of the monkey / Patti Smith.

  Edition:

  First edition.

  Publication info:

  New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

  264:

  ©2019

  Physical description:

  171 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

  Content type:

  text

  Content type:

  still image

  Media type:

  unmediated

  Carrier type:

  volume

  General Note:

  "A Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.

  Contents:

  Way out West -- ICU -- YOM 2016 -- What Marcus said -- Big red -- Intermission -- Home is the sailor -- Imitation of a dream -- Black butterflies -- Amulets -- In search of imaginos -- Why Belinda Carlisle matters -- The holy see -- The mystic lamb -- The golden cockerel -- A night on the moon -- A kind of epilogue.

  Summary:

  "A memoir about the year 2016 in which dreams and reality are interwoven" -- Provided by publisher.

  Summary:

  "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 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 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." -- Publisher's description

  Held by:

  CENTRAL WHITTWOOD

  Personal subject:

  Smith, Patti.

  Subject term:

  Poets, American 20th century Biography.

  Subject term:

  Women rock musicians United States Biography.