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搖滾女詩人Patti Smith繼《時光列車》後，最新散文創作集
暢銷作家、龐克詩人 佩蒂．史密斯 剖析自身成長之旅 紀實回憶錄
在舊金山的某場演唱會結束後，史密斯發現自己正沿著聖塔克魯茲的海岸前行，正準備要開始獨自漫遊的一年。透過這本回憶錄，她帶著讀者走上一趟沒有邏輯可循、也沒有時間存在的旅程，沒有行程規劃，不知道前進的方向。
現實中的二月到來，迎來了農曆的猴年，隨著新年，意料之外的轉折也降臨，套句陌生人的話「任何事情都有可能發生，畢竟今年是猴年。」對於好奇心旺盛、永遠都在探索可能的史密斯來說，這一年更是她面對人生萬象的一年。
從加州到亞利桑那州，再到肯塔基的農場、人生導師的醫院病房、幻想中的地點，史密斯的回憶錄混雜了現實和虛幻，在她航向人生另一個旅程時，以此回憶錄將所獲得的智慧、覺察，還有最重要的，對於美好世界的期望獻給所有人。
From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids
'Magical' GUARDIAN
'A gripping tale of the search for meaning in times of turbulence - expressed with Smith's signature poetic flair' VOGUE
'Extraordinary ... A tense, teasing mix of reality and dream' Sunday Times
'A melancholy mood and poetic language distinguish Smith's third memoir' BBC
'Her willingness to look closely at life's closing chapters makes for a magical book' WASHINGTON POST, 'The 10 books to read in September'
Following a run of New Year's concerts at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wandering. Unfettered by logic or time, she draws us into her private wonderland, with no design yet heeding signs, including a talking sign that looms above her, prodding and sparring like the Cheshire Cat. In February, a surreal lunar year begins, bringing with it unexpected turns, heightened mischief, and inescapable sorrow. In a stranger's words, "Anything is possible: after all, it's the year of the monkey." For Patti Smith - inveterately curious, always exploring, tracking thoughts, writing the year evolves as one of reckoning with the changes in life's gyre: with loss, aging, and a dramatic shift in the political landscape of America.
Smith melds the Western landscape with her own dreamscape. Taking us from Southern California to the Arizona desert; to a Kentucky farm as the amanuensis of a friend in crisis; to the hospital room of a valued mentor; and by turns to remembered and imagined places - this haunting memoir blends fact and fiction with poetic mastery. The unexpected happens; grief and disillusionment. But as Patti Smith heads toward a new decade in her own life, she offers this balm to the reader: her wisdom, wit, gimlet eye, and above all, a rugged hope of a better world.
Riveting, elegant, often humorous, illustrated by Smith's signature Polaroids, Year of the Monkey is a moving and original work, a touchstone for our turbulent times.
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