Overview
Las radiantes memorias definitivas de uno de los más grandes iconos de nuestro tiempo, ganadora del National Book Award: un canto a la creación, el amor y la esperanza
«No solo es una gran artista, es una maga, es decir, alguien en contacto con otros niveles de realidad». —William S. Burroughs
«Patti Smith es una diosa intergeneracional». —Montserrat Domínguez
«Dios susurra a través de una arruga en el papel pintado», escribe Patti Smith en estas extraordinarias memorias en las que, desde su primer recuerdo hasta sus actuales inquietudes, teje un inolvidable relato de una vida consagrada a la belleza, la música, la poesía y el amor.
Nacida en el seno de una familia de clase trabajadora poco después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, su infancia dickensiana transcurre entre desahucios y enfermedades, alternados con juegos y libros de cuentos que le abrirán las puertas de un mundo lleno de magia y sueños de libertad. Pronto descubre en Arthur Rimbaud y Bob Dylan los modelos para sus propios poemas y canciones, y en Nueva York, un nuevo territorio artístico donde formar una banda y componer discos tan legendarios como Horses y Because the Night. Amor y familia, pérdida y reconstrucción y, siempre, la escritura serán las constantes de una trayectoria vital impulsada por la libertad artística y el poder de la imaginación para transformar lo cotidiano en sagrado, lo común en mágico y el dolor en esperanza.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The radiant definitive memoirs of one of the greatest icons of our time, winner of the National Book Award: a song to creation, love, and hope.
"Not only is she a great artist, she is a magician, that is, someone in touch with other levels of reality." —William S. Burroughs
"Patti Smith is an intergenerational goddess." —Montserrat Domínguez
"God whispers through a wrinkle in the wallpaper," writes Patti Smith in these extraordinary memoirs in which, from her first memory to her current concerns, she weaves an unforgettable tale of a life devoted to beauty, music, poetry, and love.
Born into a working-class family shortly after World War II, her Dickensian childhood was spent between evictions and illnesses, interspersed with games and storybooks that opened the doors to a world full of magic and dreams of freedom. She soon discovered in Arthur Rimbaud and Bob Dylan the models for her own poems and songs, and in New York, a new artistic territory where she formed a band and composed legendary albums such as Horses and Because the Night. Love and family, loss and reconstruction, and always writing will be the constants of a life driven by artistic freedom and the power of imagination to transform the everyday into the sacred, the common into the magical, and pain into hope.
«No solo es una gran artista, es una maga, es decir, alguien en contacto con otros niveles de realidad». —William S. Burroughs
«Patti Smith es una diosa intergeneracional». —Montserrat Domínguez
«Dios susurra a través de una arruga en el papel pintado», escribe Patti Smith en estas extraordinarias memorias en las que, desde su primer recuerdo hasta sus actuales inquietudes, teje un inolvidable relato de una vida consagrada a la belleza, la música, la poesía y el amor.
Nacida en el seno de una familia de clase trabajadora poco después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, su infancia dickensiana transcurre entre desahucios y enfermedades, alternados con juegos y libros de cuentos que le abrirán las puertas de un mundo lleno de magia y sueños de libertad. Pronto descubre en Arthur Rimbaud y Bob Dylan los modelos para sus propios poemas y canciones, y en Nueva York, un nuevo territorio artístico donde formar una banda y componer discos tan legendarios como Horses y Because the Night. Amor y familia, pérdida y reconstrucción y, siempre, la escritura serán las constantes de una trayectoria vital impulsada por la libertad artística y el poder de la imaginación para transformar lo cotidiano en sagrado, lo común en mágico y el dolor en esperanza.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The radiant definitive memoirs of one of the greatest icons of our time, winner of the National Book Award: a song to creation, love, and hope.
"Not only is she a great artist, she is a magician, that is, someone in touch with other levels of reality." —William S. Burroughs
"Patti Smith is an intergenerational goddess." —Montserrat Domínguez
"God whispers through a wrinkle in the wallpaper," writes Patti Smith in these extraordinary memoirs in which, from her first memory to her current concerns, she weaves an unforgettable tale of a life devoted to beauty, music, poetry, and love.
Born into a working-class family shortly after World War II, her Dickensian childhood was spent between evictions and illnesses, interspersed with games and storybooks that opened the doors to a world full of magic and dreams of freedom. She soon discovered in Arthur Rimbaud and Bob Dylan the models for her own poems and songs, and in New York, a new artistic territory where she formed a band and composed legendary albums such as Horses and Because the Night. Love and family, loss and reconstruction, and always writing will be the constants of a life driven by artistic freedom and the power of imagination to transform the everyday into the sacred, the common into the magical, and pain into hope.
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