{"product_id":"year-of-the-monkey-patti-smith-9781526614766","title":"Year of the Monkey","description":"A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids\n'Magical' GUARDIAN\n'A gripping tale of the search for meaning in times of turbulence - expressed with Smith’s signature poetic flair' VOGUE\n'Extraordinary ... A tense, teasing mix of reality and dream' SUNDAY TIMES\n'Her willingness to look closely at life’s closing chapters makes for a magical book' WASHINGTON POST, 'The 10 books to read in September'\nFollowing 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.\nIn 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. \nSmith 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. \nRiveting, 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.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49485055918368,"sku":"9781526614766","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781526614766.jpg?v=1768839598","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/year-of-the-monkey-patti-smith-9781526614766","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}