{"product_id":"year-of-the-monkey-patti-smith-9781526614759","title":"Year of the Monkey","description":"\u003cp\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids \n\u003cbr\u003eSelected as Book of the Year by the Daily Telegraph, i paper, Metro and Harper's Bazaar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Magical' GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A gripping tale of the search for meaning in times of turbulence - expressed with Smith's signature poetic flair' VOGUE \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Extraordinary ... A tense, teasing mix of reality and dream' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A melancholy mood and poetic language distinguish Smith's third memoir' BBC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Her willingness to look closely at life's closing chapters makes for a magical book' WASHINGTON POST, 'The 10 books to read in September'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing 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 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSmith 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRiveting, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patti Smith","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46144554598643,"sku":"9781526614759","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781526614759.jpg?v=1725013379","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/year-of-the-monkey-patti-smith-9781526614759","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}