The Principles of Uncertainty | 
| Author: Maira Kalman
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 2898
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 159420134X
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.6092
EAN: 9781594201349
ASIN: 159420134X
Publication Date: October 18, 2007
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Amazon Best of the Month, Octhober 2007: In 2005 Maira Kalman brought a fresh vision to Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, filling the pages of the reference classic with her whimsical illustrations. And much like its multi-talented creator--who has illustrated children's books and New Yorker covers and collaborated on fashion projects with Kate Spade and Isaac Mizrahi--her new book, The Principles of Uncertainty, defies easy classification. Is it philosophy? Art? Memoir? Travel? Sociology? The answer is All of the Above (and more). This charming collection of text, paintings, and photography presents a "profusely illustrated" year in a life, with illustrated musings that range from a young Nabokov "sitting innocently and elegantly in a red chair" to two stuffed rabbits in the window at Paris's Deyrolles taxidermy to Kitty Carlisle Hart at home in her "pearly pink palace." Delightful, inspiring, and often very moving, this little charmer is a a book you might find nestled on Wes Anderson's coffee table. --Brad Thomas Parsons
Product Description
Maira Kalman paints her highly personal worldview in an inimitable combination of image and text.
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).
The tremendous success of Kalman's 2005 illustrated edition of Strunk and White's The Elements of Style established her as an original, inspirational voice, and the quirky, hilarious, heartbreaking style of The Principles of Uncertainty reveals Maira Kalman for what she truly is: a national treasure.
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 n/m May 20, 2008
This is one of the most brilliant books in existance. It has weight to it, and the art & words are thought-provoking & insightful. Most of it feels tinged with a slight melancholy-- that could be just me-- but it doesn't hurt the book by a long shot. If anything, it deepens it. I'm glad i was finally able to buy it, after reading it again & again in bookstores. Definitely recommend this book.
beautiful book April 7, 2008
i very much enjoy the book, and there was very fast delivery-unfortunately the mail left the box in the rain, so the cover got damp, but beautiful book!
One of my favorite books - a delight March 15, 2008
I have been a fan of Maira Kalman's children books for some time. As an adult I enjoy them immensely for their whimsy and charm. When I spotted this book in a local bookstore on the travel shelf, of all things, I opened it and couldn't put it back. Everyone I have shown this book to has said she (or he) is going to buy a copy immediately. I think I've personally sold at least 5 of them so far. This is not an easy book to describe - it's better to pick it up, open it and jump right into the fun and enchanting world of Maira Kalman. She takes people watching to a new high - in her hands it becomes art. She finds joy and humor and dignity wherever she looks. And she brings us with her, if we care to follow. To open a hard back book, standard size, and find bright, inviting, paintings and drawings on almost every page starts you out with a bit of a surprise right from the start. The delight of reading this book and entering into Maira's world - full of lovely people, and funny things, and some quite amazing viewpoints - is beyond description. I can't imagine who wouldn't find it wonderful. I also don't think there's anything to "get." It is what it is, and that's as much the beauty of it as any of the paintings and musings.
Great fun March 3, 2008
I LOVE this book! If you are a fan of quirky, creative, playful picture books for grown-ups, you will like this book. I think you will also like it if you like long illustrated poems, because this book seems to unintentionally be one.
Kalman for adults February 24, 2008
I've been a fan of Maira Kalman for awhile now and own many of her "children's" books. I put that word in quotes, because while most of her past books are classified as for children, they certainly go far beyond that audience in their appeal. It's wonderful to have a Maira Kalman book that is not targeted to the children's market. Even though this is not a children's book, Kalman retains her playfulness, but here it is intermingled with a thoughtful melancholy that makes it all the more poignant. A wonderfully expressive and artistic book.
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