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Patti Smith's iconic book, in which she recounts her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe: a tribute to friendship whose pages, filled with vitality and humor, bring back the flavor of a New York where almost anything was possible.
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE LAST 25 YEARS ACCORDING TO AMAZON
"Just Kids is the book that has influenced me the most. It's an incredible book and a time capsule of when creativity was truly emerging." - Dua Lipa
It was the summer Coltrane died. [ ] The hippies raised their empty arms and China detonated the hydrogen bomb. Jimi Hendrix set his guitar on fire in Monterey. [...] It was the summer of love. And in that changing and inhospitable climate, a chance encounter changed the course of my life. It was the summer I met Robert Mapplethorpe. It happened in July 1967, and they were just kids, but from then on, Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe sealed a friendship that would only end with the death of the great photographer in 1989. This splendid memoir, winner of the National Book Award, talks about the shared life of two artists, both enthusiastic and passionate, who crossed the periphery of New York in great strides to reach the nerve center of new art. This is how they ended up settling in the Chelsea Hotel and became protagonists of a now vanished world where Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol and his entourage reigned, and the great bands that marked the last years of the XX century were created, while AIDS wreaked havoc. Far from being a sad and nostalgic book, Just Kids is a tribute to unrestrained friendship, and its pages, filled with vitality and humor, bring back the flavor of that great city where there was a time when almost anything was possible.
Éramos Unos Niños / Just Kids - Paperback
$18.31
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by Patti Smith (Author)
GANADOR DEL NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
El libro icónico de Patti Smith, en el que cuenta su relación con Robert Mapplethorpe: un homenaje a la amistad cuyas páginas cargadas de vitalidad y humor nos devuelven el sabor de un Nueva York donde casi todo era posible.
UNO DE LOS MEJORES LIBROS DE LOS ÚLTIMOS 25 AÑOS SEGÚN AMAZON
«Éramos unos niños es el libro que más me ha influenciado. Es un libro increíble y una cápsula del tiempo de cuando la creatividad estaba surgiendo de verdad . -Dua Lipa
Fue el verano en que murió Coltrane. [ ] Los hippies alzaron sus brazos vacíos y China hizo detonar la bomba de hidrógeno. Jimi Hendrix prendió fuego a su guitarra en Monterrey. [...] Fue el verano del amor. Y en aquel clima cambiante e inhóspito, un encuentro casual cambió el curso de mi vida. Fue el verano en que conocí a Robert Mapplethorpe.
Patti Smith's iconic book, in which she recounts her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe: a tribute to friendship whose pages, filled with vitality and humor, bring back the flavor of a New York where almost anything was possible.
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE LAST 25 YEARS ACCORDING TO AMAZON
"Just Kids is the book that has influenced me the most. It's an incredible book and a time capsule of when creativity was truly emerging." - Dua Lipa
It was the summer Coltrane died. [ ] The hippies raised their empty arms and China detonated the hydrogen bomb. Jimi Hendrix set his guitar on fire in Monterey. [...] It was the summer of love. And in that changing and inhospitable climate, a chance encounter changed the course of my life. It was the summer I met Robert Mapplethorpe. It happened in July 1967, and they were just kids, but from then on, Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe sealed a friendship that would only end with the death of the great photographer in 1989. This splendid memoir, winner of the National Book Award, talks about the shared life of two artists, both enthusiastic and passionate, who crossed the periphery of New York in great strides to reach the nerve center of new art. This is how they ended up settling in the Chelsea Hotel and became protagonists of a now vanished world where Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol and his entourage reigned, and the great bands that marked the last years of the XX century were created, while AIDS wreaked havoc. Far from being a sad and nostalgic book, Just Kids is a tribute to unrestrained friendship, and its pages, filled with vitality and humor, bring back the flavor of that great city where there was a time when almost anything was possible.
Author Biography
Patti Smith (Chicago, 1946) es escritora, cantante y artista visual. Obtuvo un gran reconocimiento en la década de 1970 con la difusión de su poesía y su rock. Ha publicado doce álbumes, entre ellos Horses, considerado uno de los cien mejores de todos los tiempos por la revista Rolling Stone. Smith realizó su primera exposición de dibujos en el Gotham Book Mart en 1973, fue representada por la Robert Miller Gallery durante tres décadas y sus muestras retrospectivas han tenido lugar en el Andy Warhol Museum, la Fondation Cartier y el Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Entre sus libros cabe destacar la historia de su relación con el fotógrafo Robert Mapplethorpe: Éramos unos niños (Lumen, 2010, 2025), galardonada con el National Book Award, Witt, Babel, Tejiendo sueños (Lumen, 2014), El mar de Coral (Lumen, 2012), Augurios de inocencia (Lumen, 2019), M Train (Lumen, 2016), Devoción (Lumen, 2018), El año del Mono (Lumen, 2020), El libro de los días (Lumen, 2023) y Pan de ángeles (Lumen, 2025). En 2005, el ministro de Cultura francés le concedió el título de Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, el mayor honor otorgado a un artista por la República francesa. Entró en el Rock & Roll Hall of Fame en 2007. Smith se casó con el músico Fred Sonic Smith en Detroit en 1980. Tuvieron dos hijos: Jackson y Jesse. La autora, que en 2020 recibió el Premio al Servicio Literario Pen America, reside en Nueva York.
Number of Pages: 304
Dimensions: 0.72 x 7.41 x 4.89 IN
Publication Date: March 24, 2026