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- 528 sider
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Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award
Patti Smith's definitive memoir is an evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe.
‘Sharp, elegiac and finely crafted' Sunday Times
‘Terrifically evocative ... The most spellbinding and diverting portrait of funky-but-chic New York in the late '60s and '70s that any alumnus has committed to print' New York Times
‘Render, harrowing, often hilarious' Vogue
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.
Detaljer
- SprogEngelsk
- Sidetal528
- Udgivelsesdato23-10-2025
- ISBN139781526694492
- Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- FormatPaperback
Størrelse og vægt
10 cm
Anmeldelser
Naja Kirkedal J 26/09/2023
Smuk fortælling
Gitte P 01/02/2022
Denne smukke historie vil givetvis være fantastisk hvis man en alder eller interesse med større referenceramme til 60'erne og 70'ernes kunst scene end jeg. Men dog også en poetisk fortælling for mig også.
Katrine L 13/07/2021
Fantastisk bog!
Helene Sejr A 23/07/2017
Min absolutte nye yndlingsbog. Sproget, detaljerne og historien i sig selv. En kunster der lever for netop at være dét. Og sidst men ikke mindst en historie om en verden for sig selv på det mytiske Chelsea Hotel.
Ulla D 6 07/12/2015
This marvelous autobiography tells the unique love story and union in art of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe during the late sixties, seventies and early eighties. Tender, beautiful and poetic, it gave me goosebumps many times and especially towards the end. I had to reread the last couple of chapters right away because they so vividly brought out those feelings I had when my dad was ill and passing less than 2 years ago. It made me feel the beauty of those moments of sadness and closeness in a way that no other piece of literature ever has. However, there were a few chapters in the middle that dragged on a bit too long which prevents me from giving this book the full five stars. But truly, if you have experienced a great loss of an artistic soul or someone with whom you had a special bond, I think you'd also find these beautiful words comforting and uplifting. An ode to how life can indeed go on after great sorrow.