The principles of uncertainty
(2007)
By:
Kalman, Maira
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
741.642/KALMAN,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Penguin Press, 2007
DESCRIPTION
321 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781594201349, 159420134X
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The Principles of Uncertainty is an irresistible invitation to experience life through the psyche of Maira Kalman, one of this country's most beloved artists. The result is a book that is part personal narrative, part documentary, part travelogue, part chapbook, and all Kalman. Her brilliant, whimsical paintings, ideas, and images--which initially appear random--ultimately form an intricately interconnected worldview, an idiosyncratic inner monologue. Kalman contends with some existential questions--What is identity? What is happiness? Why do we fight wars? And then, of course, death, love, and candy (not necessarily in that order).--From publisher's description