Auguries Of Innocence
$37.50
- Hardcover
80 pages
- Release Date
25 January 2007
Summary
Auguries of Innocence is the first book of poetry from Patti Smith in more than a decade. It marks a major accomplishment from a poet and performer who has inscribed her vision of our world in powerful anthems, ballads, and lyrics. In this intimate and searing collection of poems, Smith joins in that great tradition of troubadours, journeymen, wordsmiths, and artists who respond to the world around them in fresh and original language. Her influences are eclectic and striking: Blake, Rimbaud, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844083411 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844083411 |
| Author: | Patti Smith |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 25 January 2007 |
| Weight: | 168g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 134mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Virago Press |
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Romantic and renegade, Smith moves from anger to empathy, reminding us that there is healing in outcry, solace in language, catharsis in expression. As always, Smith leads us to the sorrowing depths, then dances us back into the light - Booklist
Conveys what can only be called Smith’s mystique… the book as whole effectively transmits the affect and aura, as well as the innocence, that make her a rock star: one believes in her - Publishers WeeklyAbout The Author
Patti Smith
Patti Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. She came to prominence during the punk movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. She is known as ‘punk rock’s poet laureate’.
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