Author

Publication

2007-10-18 - Penguin Press HC, The

Language

English

Word Count

84,000 words, Guess

Page Count

336 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveprinciplesofunce00kalm
  • ISBN-10159420134X
  • ISBN-139781594201349
  • LibraryThing4128627
  • Goodreads627055
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Classifications

  • LCCNC975.5.K33 A2 2007
  • LCCNC975.5.K33A2 2007
  • LCCNC975.5.K35 A2 2007

Description

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).

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