Year Of The Monkey

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Year of the Monkey is a deeply personal memoir by Patti Smith, blending dreams and reality over the course of a transformative year. Following New Year's concerts at San Francisco's Fillmore, Smith embarks on a solitary journey along the Santa Cruz coast, exploring a year filled with unexpected twists and profound reflections.

A poetic and vivid memoir capturing a year of change, loss, and hope through Patti Smith's unique perspective.

From the acclaimed author of Just Kids and M Train, this memoir invites readers into a private world where time and logic fade away. Patti Smith’s year begins after a series of New Year's concerts, leading her to wander the coast of Santa Cruz alone, guided by mysterious signs-including a talking sign that playfully challenges her like the Cheshire Cat.

As February ushers in a surreal lunar year, the narrative unfolds with surprising events, mischievous moments, and unavoidable sorrow. Echoing the words of a stranger, "Anything is possible: after all, it's the year of the monkey," Smith navigates a period marked by loss, aging, and a shifting political landscape in America.

Her journey spans diverse landscapes-from Southern California and the Arizona desert to a Kentucky farm where she supports a friend in crisis, and the hospital room of a cherished mentor. Interweaving fact and imagination with poetic grace, Smith creates a haunting tapestry of remembered and envisioned places.

Throughout this elegant and often humorous memoir, illustrated with Smith’s iconic Polaroid photographs, readers witness grief and disillusionment alongside a resilient hope for a better future. As she approaches a new decade in her life, Patti Smith offers her sharp insight, wit, and enduring optimism, making Year of the Monkey a compelling and timely reflection for today’s world.

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