Teenage Years, Poetry Sparks and Rock Beginnings
Patti Smith looks back at the formative years that forged her art - the obsessions, poems and first lyrics that led towards the iconic work of Horses, Easter and beyond.
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Bread of Angels: A Memoir
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Teenage Years, Poetry Sparks and Rock Beginnings
Patti Smith looks back at the formative years that forged her art - the obsessions, poems and first lyrics that led towards the iconic work of Horses, Easter and beyond.
- Book Synopsis
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A radiant memoir from the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids, tracing Patti Smith’s youth as art and music take hold.
From the first stirrings of poetry to the merging of words and song, Smith recalls the influences that shaped her — from Rimbaud to Dylan — and the early steps that would lead to landmark recordings such as Horses and Easter.
Honest, intimate and lyrical, Bread of Angels captures the evolution of an artist finding her voice and the creative life that followed.
- About The Author
- 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 recorded thirteen albums, launched by the seminal Horses in 1975. 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 many books include Witt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, M Train, Year of the Monkey and Just Kids, which won the National Book Award in 2010. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. Smith lives in New York City.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781408867730
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury, (04 November 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 288
- Weight
- 353 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 232 x 150 x 24 mm
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