{"product_id":"woolgathering-patti-smith","title":"Woolgathering - Patti Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003eA story of becoming an artist, by the godmother of rock’n’roll: the National Book Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eJust Kids\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A poet of distinction’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e‘Glorious’ NPR ‘Rare and ferocious’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e‘Shockingly beautiful’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEverything contained in this little book is true, and written just like it was. The writing of it drew me from my strange torpor and I hope that in some measure it will fill the reader with a vague and curious joy…\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this small, luminous memoir, the National Book Award-winner Patti Smith revisits the most sacred experiences of her early years, with truths so vivid they border on the surreal. The author entwines her childhood self - and its ‘clear, unspeakable joy’ - with memories both real and envisioned from her twenties on New York’s MacDougal Street, the street of cafés.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWoolgathering\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas completed in Michigan, on Patti Smith’s 45th birthday and originally published in a slim volume from Raymond Foye’s Hanuman Books. Twenty years later, Bloomsbury is proud to present it in a much augmented edition, featuring writing that was omitted from the book’s first printing, along with new photographs and illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eType: Hardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Perfect condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarks\/Annotations: None\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePage count: 80 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"litsy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53112033771819,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/1001\/0155\/files\/78.png?v=1775539413","url":"https:\/\/lit-sy.com\/products\/woolgathering-patti-smith","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}