Year Of The Monkey: The New York Times Bestseller

A New York Times Bestsellerfrom The National Book Award-Winning Author Of Just Kids Magical GuardianA Gripping Tale Of The Search For Meaning In Times Of Turbulence - Expressed With SmithS Signature Poetic Flair Vogue Extraordinary ... A Tense, Teasing Mix Of Reality And Dream Sunday TimesA Melancholy Mood And Poetic Language Distinguish SmithS Third Memoir BbcHer Willingness To Look Closely At LifeS Closing Chapters Makes For A Magical Book Washington Post, The 10 Books To Read In SeptemberFollowing A Run Of New YearS Concerts At San FranciscoS 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 StrangerS Words, Anything Is Possible: After All, ItS 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 LifeS 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 SmithS Signature Polaroids, Year Of The Monkey Is A Moving And Original Work, A Touchstone For Our Turbulent Times.