{"product_id":"year-of-the-monkey-book-patti-smith-9781526614759","title":"Year of the Monkey","description":"A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids  Selected as Book of the Year by the Daily Telegraph, i paper, Metro and Harper's Bazaar  ‘Magical’ GUARDIAN  'A gripping tale of the search for meaning in times of turbulence - expressed with Smith’s signature poetic flair' VOGUE   'Extraordinary ... A tense, teasing mix of reality and dream' Sunday Times  'A melancholy mood and poetic language distinguish Smith’s third memoir' BBC  ‘Her willingness to look closely at life’s closing chapters makes for a magical book' WASHINGTON POST, 'The 10 books to read in September'  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. 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 Patti 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.   Smith melds the Western landscape with her own dreamscape. Taking us from Southern 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. But as Patti 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 of a better world.   Riveting, elegant, often humorous, illustrated by Smith’s signature Polaroids, Year of the Monkey is a moving and original work, a touchstone for our turbulent times.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49667185279249,"sku":"GOR010077092","price":11.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49735431651601,"sku":"NGR9781526614759","price":19.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50469046616337,"sku":"GOR010314309","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50587581350161,"sku":"GOR010479308","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51079712964881,"sku":"GOR010617050","price":10.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51756600426769,"sku":"CIN1526614758G","price":10.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1526614758.jpg?v=1750718298","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/year-of-the-monkey-book-patti-smith-9781526614759","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}