{"product_id":"year-of-the-monkey-patti-smith-paperback","title":"Year of the Monkey -- Patti Smith, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER -\u003c\/strong\u003e Riveting, elegant, humorous--this \"picaresque voyage through Patti Smith's dreams and life, blending fiction and reality, conjured characters and actual ones\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) is \u003cstrong\u003ea moving and original work, a touchstone for our turbulent times. I\u003cstrong\u003ellustrated by Smith's signature Polaroids.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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, in which she debates intellectual grifters and spars with the likes of a postmodern Cheshire Cat. Then, in February 2016, a surreal lunar year begins, bringing unexpected turns, heightened mischief, and inescapable sorrow. For Smith--inveterately curious, always exploring, always writing--this becomes a year of reckoning with the changes in life's gyre: with loss, aging, and a dramatic shift in the political landscape of America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking us from California to the Arizona desert, from a Kentucky farm to the hospital room of a valued mentor, Smith melds the western landscape with her own dreamscape in a haunting, poetic blend of fact and fiction. As a stranger tells her, \"Anything is possible. After all, it's the Year of the Monkey.\" But as 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 for a better world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluding a new chapter, \"Epilogue of an Epilogue,\" and ten new photos, \u003ci\u003eYear of the Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e \"reminds us that despair and possibility often spring from the same source\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Patti Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/1\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\" H x 5.1\" L x 0.8\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781984898920\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51095308435760,"sku":"9781984898920","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781984898920.jpg?v=1774405723","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/year-of-the-monkey-patti-smith-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}