Winner of the 2010 NonFiction National Book Award Patti Smiths definitive memoir is an evocative, honest and moving comingofage story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe.Sharp, elegiac and finely crafted Sunday TimesTerrifically evocative ... The most spellbinding and diverting portrait of funkybutchic New York in the late 60s and 70s that any alumnus has committed to print New York TimesRender, harrowing, often hilarious VogueIn 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, Maxs Kansas City, Scribners Bookstore, Coney Island, Warhols 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 yearsthe days of couscous 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,...

Binding: Paperback;320 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing plc; Classification: AVGP; Weight: 380 g; Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 23

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