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Condition Note:
100% original used books in good condition at half the price, with minor signs of usage.
No pen/pencil marks and the condition is Good.
About the Book:
M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village caf? where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, and across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations, we travel to Frida Kahlo?s Casa Azul in Mexico; to a meeting of an Arctic explorer?s society in Berlin; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York?s Far Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; and to the graves of Genet, Plath, Rimbaud and Mishima. Woven throughout are reflections on the writer?s craft and on artistic creation. Here, too, are singular memories of Smith?s life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable artists at work today.
Author? : ? Patti Smith
Publisher ? : ? Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date ? : ? 9 December 2015
Language ? : ? English
Paperback ? : ? 272 pages
ISBN-10 ? : ? 1408867699
ISBN-13 ? : ? 9781408867693
