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| Title | : | M Train |
| Author | : | Patti Smith |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | October 6th 2015 by Knopf |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Music. Biography. Biography Memoir. Art |
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Hardcover | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 4 | 27831 Users | 2826 Reviews
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M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, we travel to Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Mexico; to the fertile moon terrain of Iceland; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York's Far Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; to the West 4th Street subway station, filled with the sounds of the Velvet Underground after the death of Lou Reed; and to the graves of Genet, Plath, Rimbaud, and Mishima.Woven throughout are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation. Here, too, are singular memories of Smith's life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith.
Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable multiplatform artists at work today.
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| Original Title: | M Train |
| ISBN: | 1101875100 (ISBN13: 9781101875100) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album (2017), Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Nonfiction (2016), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2015), Penderyn Music Book Prize Nominee for (shortlist) (2016) |
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Ratings: 4 From 27831 Users | 2826 ReviewsCrit Appertaining To Books M Train
Patti Smith wrote: Its not so easy writing about nothing and I thought, ok, its going to be not easy to read about nothing Her stories, however, not about nothing. As Patti Smith says, this book is ,,a roadmap to my life. I'm truly enjoyed hers stories. One more thing! I listened to this book and what a drug is her voice! Highly recommend an audio version!
Poetic, Meandering Meditation on Loneliness, Love, and LossPatti Smith's latest memoir, M Train, is more rambling and poetic, less coherent and focused than "Just Kids". Yet, I found it almost as moving, but in an entirely different way. "Just Kids" was an emotional tribute to a beautiful connection between two twin souls, Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe. "M Train" covers wider ground.The M train actually exists in the NY City subway. I'd forgotten it. I may have ridden it once (if ever). It
"Captivating . . . rich, varied. How to mourn for whats lost without allowing loss to take over? While leaving space for whats lost to return in an old or new form? These are the questions at the heart of M Train, [which] takes us on a journey through the 'stuff of Smiths bookshelves and suitcases, as well as of her mind and memory . . . M Train embraces the fragmentmoments of reverie [that] arise from the mundane. Integrated into the text are Polaroid photographs [that are] in productive
I know were both a bit old for this, but I want Patti Smith to adopt me. If I ever meet her, I will just have to ask her if shed be my grandma. They just dont make them like her anymoreSome people say M Train is a book about nothing, and that might not be inaccurate. Its certainly not a story like Just Kids (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...), which was about her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe, nor a collection of poems tied together by a theme. Its a collage/memoir of cafés,
My 2nd audiobook and it was Patti Smith again... I just love listening to her. We are taken around the globe 🌎 in her memories and reflections of the past and I especially enjoyed the memories of her husband Fred Sonic Smith and her life here in Michigan.
You know how they say other people's dreams are boring? Nobody told Patti Smith. Smith recounts what feels like dozens of her dreams in this relatively slim volume - some of which spark interesting reflections and reminiscence, but most of which just struck me as pretty dull. Dreams aside, there are lots of nice moments in this book - ruminations on creativity, loss and love - but there were also long passages devoted to tv show The Killing (and not even the good, Swedish version!) and to
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