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Just kids acts as a memoir turned love story turned elegy for Patti Smith’s moving relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
We witness Smith and Mapplethorpe’s growing relationship, and see their struggles with poverty, not knowing where they’re next meal will come from. As well as the development of both their art and careers. The novel romanticises New York in the late sixties and seventies, even in the midst of the poor and drug fuelled parts of the city. Their relationship encapsulates experience of youth, friendship, love, sexual politics, and the depth of artistic process.
I loved being able to see Mapplethorpe’s photography throughout the book (Bloomsbury paperback edition), which compliments Smith’s lyrical prose style. The style of their art forms - intertwined and inseparable - symbolise their incredible relationship.
We witness Smith and Mapplethorpe’s growing relationship, and see their struggles with poverty, not knowing where they’re next meal will come from. As well as the development of both their art and careers. The novel romanticises New York in the late sixties and seventies, even in the midst of the poor and drug fuelled parts of the city. Their relationship encapsulates experience of youth, friendship, love, sexual politics, and the depth of artistic process.
I loved being able to see Mapplethorpe’s photography throughout the book (Bloomsbury paperback edition), which compliments Smith’s lyrical prose style. The style of their art forms - intertwined and inseparable - symbolise their incredible relationship.
The Handmaid’s Tale is a classic dystopian novel, one that I believe should be read at least once. Atwood’s masterpiece is shocking, and disturbingly her dystopian America draws from real world events.
Never Let Me Go narrates the lives and friendships of a group of students growing up at a sinister school, called Hailsham, in an uncanny, dystopian version of 1990s England.
Unfortunately, I had seen the film before reading this book, so the plot wasn't as shocking to me. However, the book still managed to shock and disturb as Ishiguro reveals the students' fate. The novel considers the fragility of life, and the students' acquiescence and acceptance of their roles is equally heartbreaking and infuriating. I would definitely recommend this gripping novel.
Unfortunately, I had seen the film before reading this book, so the plot wasn't as shocking to me. However, the book still managed to shock and disturb as Ishiguro reveals the students' fate. The novel considers the fragility of life, and the students' acquiescence and acceptance of their roles is equally heartbreaking and infuriating. I would definitely recommend this gripping novel.
