Just Kids illustrated

Name: Just Kids illustrated
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
SKU: 9781526615008
Price: 33.99 EUR
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English

By (author): Ms Patti Smith Patti Smith

THE AWARD-WINNING MASTERPIECE THAT DEFINED ROCK'N'ROLL MEMOIR AND CAPTURED AN ERA Now richly illustrated with new material and never-before-seen photographs 'Sharp, elegiac and finely crafted' SUNDAY TIMES 'So honest and pure as to count as true rapture' JOAN DIDION 'Tender, harrowing, hilarious' VOGUE 'A poetic masterpiece' JOHNNY DEPP Pattis Smiths exquisite prose is generously illustrated in this full-color edition of her classic coming-of-age memoir, Just Kids. New York locations vividly come to life where, as young artists, Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met and fell in love: a first apartment in Brooklyn, Times Square with John and Yokos iconic billboard, Maxs Kansas City, or the gritty fire escape of the Hotel Chelsea. The extraordinary people who passed through their lives are also pictured: Sam Shepard, Harry Smith, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg. Along with never-before-published photographs, drawings, and ephemera, this edition captures a moment in New York when everything was possible. And when two kids seized their destinies as artists and soul mates in this inspired story of love and friendship. See more

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Weight: 1210g
Dimensions: 185 x 231mm
Publication Date: 03 Oct 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781526615008

About Ms Patti SmithPatti Smith

Patti Smith is a writer performer and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary merging of poetry and rock. She has released twelve albums including Horses which has been hailed as one of the top one hundred albums of all time by Rolling Stone. Smith had her first exhibit of drawings at the Gotham Book Mart in 1973 and has been represented by the Robert Miller Gallery since 1978. Her books include Just Kids winner of the National Book Award in 2010 Witt Babel Woolgathering The Coral Sea and Auguries of Innocence. In 2005 the French Ministry of Culture awarded Smith the prestigious title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres the highest honour given to an artist by the French Republic. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. Smith married Fred Sonic Smith in Detroit in 1980. They had a son Jackson and a daughter Jesse. Smith resides in New York City.