The Principles of Uncertainty [Lingua Inglese] - Rilegato

Kalman, Maira

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ISBN 10: 159420134X ISBN 13: 9781594201349

Casa editrice: Penguin Press, 2007

Riassunto

A narrative travelogue told in handwritten text and illustrations presents the creator's idiosyncratic worldview on a broad range of topics, from personal identity and happiness to the reasons for war and the delights of candy. 100,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Sublime...  Kalman’s elegantly witty and at times melancholy narrative runs arm in arm with her unmistakable paintings on a serendipitous romp through the history of the world.”—Vanity Fair
 
“Wildly original...there’s nothing else even remotely like it... This hilarious, wise, and deeply moving volume [is] the ultimate picture book for grown-ups.”—O Magazine
 
“An odd treasure.”—Ariel Levy, The New York Times Book Review
 
“Within this work, as much literary as artistic, one finds the assurance (the certainty!) that the human condition is inescapable but not insurmountable.”—The New York Observer
 
“In her distinctive, muscularly whimsical paintings with sad-funny handwritten annotations, Kalman encounters, well, everything...More personal than much of her previous work, the book is simultaneously idiosyncratic and universal.  And utterly lovable.” —Culture + Travel
 
“This is a unique, warmly intelligent book for the enjoyment of artists, writers and anyone who delights in works of genuine imagination.”—L.K. Hanson, Minnesota Star Tribune
 
“My absolute favorite book of recent memory: an exquisite and delightful and peculiarly illustrated memoir about...well, the search for the meaning of life. I will be giving this book to everyone I know.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love

L'autore:

In her own words: "born. bucolic childhood. culture-stuffed adolescence. played piano. stopped. danced. stopped. wrote. discarded writing. drew. reinstated writing. married Tibor Kalman and collaborated at iconoclastic yet successful design studio. wrote and painted children's books. worried. took up Ping-Pong. relaxed. wrote and painted for many magazines. cofounded the Rubber Band Society. amused. children: two. dog: one."

In her own words: "born. bucolic childhood. culture-stuffed adolescence. played piano. stopped. danced. stopped. wrote. discarded writing. drew. reinstated writing. married Tibor Kalman and collaborated at iconoclastic yet successful design studio. wrote and painted children's books. worried. took up Ping-Pong. relaxed. wrote and painted for many magazines. cofounded the Rubber Band Society. amused. children: two. dog: one."

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 159420134X
• ISBN 13: 9781594201349
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 336