![]() ![]() It’s not easy writing about nothing, she will say as the first sentence of the book. Patti is now a woman enjoying the loneliness of her small apartment where she lives with her cats when not traveling, she likes to drink black coffee, eat toast and write about nothing. If Just Kids detailed the relationship Patti Smith had with artist Robert Mapplethorpe in her youth, M Train is placed under the memory of Fred, whom she lost to heart failure when he was only 45. As writing is for Patti a daily discipline, she hops on the train, free of expectations, allowing her thoughts to absorb past and present, reality and dreams, creating a poetical story haunted by the remembrance of musician Fred Sonic Smith, her husband. M Train is an atypical memoir it is a journey without a destination, through memories and people that marked Patti along her life. And it seems we share the love for coffee, Haruki Murakami and detective shows she will repeatedly mention The Killing, the series with the two popular detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holden. She’s gifted, profound and beautifully sincere. I fell in love with Patti Smith’s writing while reading Just Kids. ![]() In limba romana: Trenul M, Editura Polirom Published 2016 by Bloomsbury (first published in 2015), 280p. ![]()
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