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M Train by Patti Smith
National Best SellerFrom the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as "a roadmap to my life."
M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, and across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations, we travel to Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Mexico; to a meeting of an Arctic explorer's society in Berlin; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York's Far Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; and to the graves of Genet, Plath, Rimbaud, and Mishima.
Woven throughout are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation. Here, too, are singular memories of Smith's life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith.
Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable multiplatform artists at work today.
Images of dirt streets, wooden sidewalks, liveries, tanneries, electric lights, and telegraph offices have been chosen by author Patti Smith. The earliest car dealership, several businesses, and early immigrants are all included. Visions with America: Downtown Ann Arbor is ultimately a love letter to a beloved city, providing a glimpse into a not-so-distant past full of the people who constructed one of Michigan's most dynamic downtowns.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781101875100 |
| ISBN 10 | 1101875100 |
| Title | M Train |
| Author | Patti Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year published | 2015-10-06 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | ALA Notable Books, Michigan Notable Books |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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