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Coral Sea by Patti Smith (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393316262

ISBN-139780393316261

eBay Product ID (ePID)161279

Product Key Features

Book TitleCoral Sea

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

TopicGeneral, American / General

IllustratorYes

GenrePoetry

AuthorPatti Smith

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight5 oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN95-038117

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal811/.54

SynopsisIn linked pieces Patti Smith tells the story of a man on a journey to see the Southern Cross, who is reflecting on his life and fighting the illness that is consuming him. Metaphoric and dreamy, this tale of transformation arises from Smith's knowledge of Mapplethorpe as a young man and as a mature artist, his close relationship with his patron and friend, Sam Wagstaff, and his years surviving AIDS and his ascent into death. Rich in detail, it is filled with references to Mapplethorpe's work and shows the man beneath the persona. Set against photographs by Mapplethorpe, the work emerges as a hymn, a prayer, a fable wishing him Godspeed on his latest journey."She was once our savage Rimbaud, but suffering has turned her into our St. John of the Cross, a mystic full of compassion."--Edmund White, "She was once our savage Rimbaud, but suffering has turned her into our St. John of the Cross, a mystic full of compassion."--Edmund White, "Through these poems, a singular, glowing vision of Robert Mapplethorpe develops and emerges. In The Coral Sea, Patti Smith (in the words of Tennessee Williams) 'rings the bell of pure poetry.' "--William S. Burroughs