Saturday, May 7, 2016

Book Review - M Train by Patti Smith

Patti Smith’s M Train is an odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of cafes she has worked in around the world. The book is a “roadmap to my life”. (cover blurb)
Every morning in Greenwich Village, Patti Smith gets black coffee at her favorite spot. She sits with her notebook and ruminates – dreams, reality, poetry, and prose. Her travels and writing cover the gamut from Mexico to Rockaway Beach to Michigan, and beyond.

Braiding despair with hope and consolation, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee. (cover blurb) 

p.211 But a writer has no partner. He has to step back and ask himself – tell me what you see.

p. 249 I believe in movement. I believe in that lighthearted balloon, the world. I believe in midnight and the hour of noon. It fluctuates like light flitting over a pond.

p.253 There were no dust clouds, no signs of anyone, but I paid no mind. I was my own lucky hand of solitaire.


M Train by Patti Smith is a unique view into a creative mind, and I found the writing beautiful, weird, and wonderful. 

14 comments:

  1. A touch of weird always works for us.

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  2. It's probably awful to say but I still am not sure what Patti Smith sang! I know she was hugely popular in her time and considered one of the greats, just couldn't name one song.

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    1. Because the Night which actually Bruce Springsteen made a hit. I've grown to appreciate her for her place in the punk world

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  3. Sounds like a read one would have to think too hard over. I prefer a story I can get swept up in and not think of anything while I read.
    Barbara, blogging at Life & Faith in Caneyhead

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    1. I just like to throw in non- fiction to keep me thinking

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  4. Interesting; next time I'm in a bookstore I'll have to remember to pick this one up and thumb through it for a bit.

    betty

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    1. I got it from the library. Then you aren't out $$.

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  5. This sounds really interesting. I like the quotes you highlighted here.

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    1. Different, that's for sure. Maybe check the library

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  6. I will have to keep my eyes open for this one

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  7. I think I'd love this book. Putting it on my TBR list. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. thanks for stopping by. It's unique, that's for sure.

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