Skip to content
Scan a barcode
Scan
Paperback Éramos Unos Niños / Just Kids [Spanish] Book

ISBN: 8426433103

ISBN13: 9788426433107

Éramos Unos Niños / Just Kids [Spanish]

GANADOR DEL NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

El libro ic nico de Patti Smith, en el que cuenta su relaci n con Robert Mapplethorpe: un homenaje a la amistad cuyas p ginas cargadas de vitalidad y humor nos devuelven el sabor de un Nueva York donde casi todo era posible.

Fue el verano en que muri Coltrane. ] Los hippies alzaron sus brazos vac os y China hizo detonar la bomba de hidr geno. Jimi Hendrix prendi fuego a su guitarra en Monterrey. ...] Fue el verano del amor. Y en aquel clima cambiante e inh spito, un encuentro casual cambi el curso de mi vida. Fue el verano en que conoc a Robert Mapplethorpe.

Sucedi en el mes de julio de 1967 y eran unos ni os, pero a partir de entonces Patti Smith y Robert Mapplethorpe sellaron una amistad que solo acabar a con la muerte del gran fot grafo, en 1989. De eso habla este espl ndido libro de memorias, ganador del National Book Award, de la vida en com n de dos artistas, los dos entusiastas y apasionados, que cruzaron a grandes pasos la periferia de Nueva York para llegar hasta el centro neur lgico del nuevo arte. Fue as como acabaron instal ndose en el hotel Chelsea y se convirtieron en los protagonistas de un mundo hoy ya desaparecido donde reinaban Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol y sus chicos, y se creaban las grandes bandas de m sica que marcaron los ltimos a os del siglo XX, mientras el sida hac a estragos.

Lejos de ser un libro triste y nost lgico, ramos unos ni os constituye un homenaje a la amistad sin trabas, y sus p ginas, cargadas de vitalidad y humor, nos devuelven el sabor de esa gran ciudad donde hubo un tiempo en que casi todo era posible.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

"Reading rocker Smith's account of her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, it's hard not to believe in fate. How else to explain the chance encounter that threw them together, allowing both to blossom? Quirky and spellbinding." -- People

It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation.

Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-Second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max's Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court. In 1969, the pair set up camp at the Hotel Chelsea and soon entered a community of the famous and infamous, the influential artists of the day and the colorful fringe. It was a time of heightened awareness, when the worlds of poetry, rock and roll, art, and sexual politics were colliding and exploding. In this milieu, two kids made a pact to take care of each other. Scrappy, romantic, committed to create, and fueled by their mutual dreams and drives, they would prod and provide for one another during the hungry years.

Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late sixties and seventies and to its rich and poor, its hustlers and hellions. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists' ascent, a prelude to fame.

Recommended

Format: Paperback

Condition: New

$19.85
Save $5.10!
List Price $24.95
Ships within 24 hours
Save to List

Customer Reviews

0 rating
Copyright © 2026 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks® and the ThriftBooks® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
GoDaddy Verified and Secured