M Train by Patti Smith

M Train by Patti Smith

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids: a "sublime collection of true stories ... and wild imaginings that take us to the very heart of who Patti Smith is" (Vanity Fair), told through the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. Patti Smith calls this bestselling work "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, we travel to Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Mexico; to the fertile moon terrain of Iceland; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York's Far Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; to the West 4th Street subway station, filled with the sounds of the Velvet Underground after the death of Lou Reed; 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.

Featuring a postscript with five new photos from Patti Smith

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	9781101910160
ISBN 10	110191016X
Title	M Train
Author	Patti Smith
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2016-08-23
Number of pages	288
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.