Just Kids
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4.3 • 16 Ratings
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- $25.99
Publisher Description
In Just Kids, Patti Smith’s first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to Just Kids as she has to the rest of her formidable body of work—from her influential 1975 album Horses to her visual art and poetry.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The decade between the Summer of Love and the Summer of Sam was one of New York City’s most chaotic, artistically fertile eras. Patti Smith’s 2010 memoir evokes the seething tumult of the Lower East Side’s early ’70s DIY scene—and maps her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, her artistic and personal soul mate. Smith portrays their platonic affair as a bittersweet romance for the ages, but we were just as excited by the stories of how she found her voice, that stunning blend of in-your-face brash and mysteriously beautiful. Smith’s undimmed curiosity and courage comes through in her impassioned reading, and it’s a feisty reminder to live creatively no matter the cost.
