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Just Kids
by SMITH, Patti
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0747568766
- ISBN 13
- 9780747568766
- Seller
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Rippleside, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Bloomsbury, 2010. Paperback. Very Good +. A neat tight copy in illustrated stiff wrapper, black & white photographic illustrations, 278 pages. Very slight crease to one corner, light crease to spine. A salute to New York City during the late sixties and seventies and a portrait of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe and their ascent to fame. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.
Synopsis
Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert MapplethorpeA prelude to fame, Just Kids recounts the friendship of two young artists - Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe - whose passion fueled their lifelong pursuit of art. In 1967, a chance meeting between two young people led to a romance and a lifelong friendship that would carry each to international success never dreamed of. The backdrop is Brooklyn, Chelsea Hotel, Max's Kansas City, Scribner's Bookstore, Coney Island, Warhol's Factory and the whole city resplendent. Among their friends, literary lights, musicians and artists such as Harry Smith, Bobby Neuwirth, Allen Ginsberg, Sandy Daley, Sam Shepherd, William Burroughs, etc. It was a heightened time politically and culturally; the art and music worlds exploding and colliding. In the midst of all this two kids made a pact to always care for one another. Scrappy, romantic, committed to making art, they prodded and provided each other with faith and confidence during the hungry years - the days of cous-cous and lettuce soup. Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. Beautifully written, this is a profound portrait of two young artists, often hungry, sated only by art and experience. And an unforgettable portrait of New York, her rich and poor, hustlers and hellions, those who made it and those whose memory lingers near.
Reviews
On Sep 1 2011, West of Eden Books said:
Sometimes it's about being in the right place at the right time and Patti Smith certainly was.Now, all these years later, we get to hear the stories too, and great ones they are.'Just Kids' is chock-full of wonderful anecdotes about the greats and the unknowns who shaped the New York music and art scene in the 60s, and 70's and who's influences on outsider culture in those days reverberate today in the mainstream.Unflinchingly honest, and recalled with crystal clarity, Smith's remarkable memoir of this pivotal period in American art is a well-deserved award winner.Once again, as we move further into the 21st Century, our minds and hearts are stirred by Patti Smith.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sad Paradise Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1709390
- Title
- Just Kids
- Author
- SMITH, Patti
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0747568766
- ISBN 13
- 9780747568766
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Biography & Autobiography; Literature & Literary, Art, Photgraphy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts;
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Rippleside, Victoria
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Sad Paradise sells quality used, rare and out-of-print books. We are dedicated to excellence in personal service for our Australian and international customers. Sad Paradise Books is an online book shop on the shore of Corio Bay, Australia.
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