Just Kids by Patti Smith

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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "Reading rocker Smith's account of her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, it's hard not to believe in fate. How else to explain the chance encounter that threw them together, allowing both to blossom? Quirky and spellbinding." - People It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-Second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max's Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court. In 1969, the pair set up camp at the Hotel Chelsea and soon entered a community of the famous and infamous, the influential artists of the day and the colorful fringe. It was a time of heightened awareness, when the worlds of poetry, rock and roll, art, and sexual politics were colliding and exploding. In this milieu, two kids made a pact to take care of each other. Scrappy, romantic, committed to create, and fueled by their mutual dreams and drives, they would prod and provide for one another during the hungry years.

  • Product Features

    • Author - Patti Smith
    • Publisher - HarperCollins Publishers
    • Publication Date - 11-02-2010
    • Page Count - 278
    • Paperback
    • Age Range - Adult
    • Music
    • Product Dimensions - 5.4 W x 8.2 H x 0.9 D
    • ISBN-13 - 9780060936228
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9 months ago
from Endicott, NY

You Need to Know the Background

I have this book in three different formats. I read the negative reviews here and I will say that I understand where some people are coming from. You need to be interested in either the 1970s punk rock scene, the Mapplethorpe photos, or the Hotel Chelsea/all the writers who lived there to be interested in this book. But I will say that I recommend it to everyone because in this book contains the secret to being a success. I'm not going to tell you what that is. I'll let you buy the book and find it on your own.

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2 years ago
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A Classic in the Making

This is the book that made me fall in love with Patti Smith. Her writing is like a dream and every word drips with an artistic vision. She’s now an auto-buy author for me.

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