{"product_id":"year-of-the-monkey","title":"Year of the Monkey","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eYear of the Monkey\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePatti Smith\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780525657682\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eKnopf\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eIllustrated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e192\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Seller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eJust Kids\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eM Train\u003c\/i\u003e, a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year. \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 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 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSmith melds the western landscape with her own dreamscape. Taking us from 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 set in. 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\u003eRiveting, elegant, often humorous, illustrated by Smith's signature Polaroids, \u003ci\u003eYear of the Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving and original work, a touchstone for our turbulent times.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Year of the Monkey | Patti Smith | Hardcover | 9780525657682 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks F 1764111","offer_id":49287717585048,"sku":"1764111","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91tZTTq1XLL.jpg?v=1781897742","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/year-of-the-monkey","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}