Devotion

She then takes us on a second journey, exploring the sources of her story. We travel through the South of France to Camus's house, and visit the garden of the great publisher Gallimard where the ghosts of Mishima, Nabokov, and Genet mingle. Smith tracks down Simone Weil's grave in a lonely cemetery, hours from London, and winds through the nameless Paris streets of Patrick Modiano's novels. From the renowned artist and author Patti Smith, a rare and generous look into the creative process A work of creative brilliance may seem like magicits source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring.