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Devocion / Devotion

Devocion / Devotion

by Patti Smith
Hardback
Publication Date: 23/10/2018

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Patti Smith vuelve a las librerias con un libro en el que ofrece una perspectiva inusualmente poetica y mistica del misterio de la creacion literaria.

Estamos en la habitacion de un hotel de Paris; Patti Smith acaba de llegar e intenta conciliar el sueno, pero de repente se despierta y la imagen de una joven patinadora en la pantalla de la television la emociona y la anima a tomar el lapiz y empezar a llenar folios. Arranca asi un viaje a traves de las palabras, y esa criatura que antes se deslizaba por el hielo tiene ahora un nombre, una casa y una historia propia, que gira peligrosamente alrededor de una obsesion.

Los gestos de la patinadora acompanan a Patti Smith en sus paseos por las calles de Paris, en los bares de la capital, en el jardin de la editorial Gallimard donde descansan los fantasmas de tantos escritores queridos, en sus viajes en tren hacia el sur de Francia y luego a la casa de Camus.

Poco a poco, lo queantes era un borrador se convierte en un texto hermoso, Devocion, el ultimo y sorprendente libro de uno de los iconos de nuestro tiempo, que la autora nos entrega junto a sus notas mas personales: ?Como, cuando y por que escribimos? Porque no sabemos limitarnos a vivir.

La critica ha dicho...
"Pasa algo insolito con Devocion: es tan corto que te lo lees de un tiron, pero resulta tan provocador que luego quieres volver a leerlo. Es un privilegio pasar tan buen rato con Patti Smith."
Suzy Feay, Financial Times

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The national bestseller from the renowned artist and author Patti Smith, exploring the nature of creative invention

A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic-its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience never met? In this groundbreaking book, one of our culture's beloved artists offers a detailed account of her own creative process, inspirations, and unexpected connections.

Patti Smith first presents an original and beautifully crafted tale of obsession-a young skater who lives for her art, a possessive collector who ruthlessly seeks his prize, a relationship forged of need both craven and exalted. She then takes us on a second journey, exploring the sources of her story. We travel through the South of France to Camus's house, and visit the garden of the great publisher Gallimard where the ghosts of Mishima, Nabokov, and Genet mingle. Smith tracks down Simone Weil's grave in a lonely cemetery, hours from London, and winds through the nameless Paris streets of Patrick Modiano's novels. Whether writing in a cafe or a train, Smith generously opens her notebooks and lets us glimpse the alchemy of her art and craft in this arresting and original book on writing.

The Why I Write series is based on the Windham-Campbell Lectures, delivered annually to commemorate the awarding of the Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes at Yale University.
ISBN:
9788426405531
9788426405531
Category:
Literature: history & criticism
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
23-10-2018
Language:
Spanish
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Country of origin:
Spain
Pages:
120
Dimensions (mm):
211x144x13mm
Weight:
0.32kg
Patti Smith

Patti Smith is a writer, performer and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary merging of poetry and rock. She has released twelve albums, including Horses, which has been hailed as one of the top one hundred albums of all time by Rolling Stone.

Smith had her first exhibit of drawings at the Gotham Book Mart in 1973 and has been represented by the Robert Miller Gallery since 1978. Her books include Just Kids, winner of the National Book Award in 2010, Witt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, and Auguries of Innocence.

In 2005, the French Ministry of Culture awarded Smith the prestigious title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, the highest honour given to an artist by the French Republic. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. Smith married Fred Sonic Smith in Detroit in 1980. They had a son, Jackson, and a daughter, Jesse. Smith resides in New York City.

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