Culture > Books > Reviews Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith, review: A moving account of the deep losses experienced in her 70th year. Sam Shepard was in his final days. This chronicle of a chaotic year filled with deep losses and rich epiphanies finds the writer and performer covering a whole lot of ground. Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith (Free Download), Following 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. Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith (Penguin/Random House) is the memoir of a year – 2016 to be specific – the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese lunar calendar – hence the book’s title.However, it’s not just a recounting of a year’s events, it’s an internal journey as well – into Smith’s memories, friendships, and dreams.
And Prince, and David Bowie. Following 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. In terms of the calendar, Smith’s latest memoir has a tighter focus than its predecessors, M Train (2015) and Just Kids (2010), which won the National Book Award. ... Smith visits Sam Shepard, whom she dated in the 1970s, and helps the ailing, wheelchair-bound playwright with a final book project. Patti Smith's 'Year of the Monkey.' Patti Smith turned 70. "First Muhammad Ali died," writes Patti Smith in her new memoir, "then Sandy and Castro and Princess Leia and her mother." A divisive election tore the country apart. (Jay Gabler/MPR) 2016 was a rough one. Review: 'Year of the Monkey,' by Patti Smith. From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year. Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith, 9781526614759, download free ebooks, Download free PDF EPUB ebook.
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