false 627055 4 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. 613404 18 10 2007 The Principles of Uncertainty total:697|5:363|4:226|3:76|2:25|1:7| 697 3004 1276 223 4 6 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 21:26:30 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 19:41:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 6 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Sep 13 18:32:16 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 28 10:50:48 -0800 2009 1 experience. Definitely not just a "read." I was "reading" it in the Barnes & Noble Starbucks, and this old man came up to me as he was leaving and said, "It was a joy to watch you reaing that." I was s...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 20:18:38 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 08:07:49 -0700 2008 The Principles of Uncertainty is a visual journal that Maira Kalman kept for a year. It's full of musings and questions, glimpses of her travels and simply things that moved her in some way. She talks and paints about her father-in-law, who collected insults by writing them down in a little book th...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Dec 04 08:18:03 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 06:13:52 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 02:30:45 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 02:35:54 -0700 2009 Amazon.com Review
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'...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 13:35:33 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 14:00:57 -0800 2009
Before I finally read up on the author, she seemed to be a sweet and curious peripatetic who was usually weighed down with a few too many que...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 11:03:50 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 11:24:49 -0700 2008
but I was generally un-impressed. I thought I would love it, because it just seemed like ...more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Dec 11 06:24:32 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 20 19:48:03 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Sat Aug 23 21:27:43 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 27 08:36:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 10:40:40 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 10:27:47 -0700 2008 her blog on the New York Times. It is so much fun. It's like effortlessly befriending someone who makes you want to look more closely at the color and drama happening right in front your eyes. How much time and energy do ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 22:13:42 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 23:45:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:56:05 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:56:05 -0800 2009 Reviewers were not faint in their praise of The Principles of Uncertainty, even if they spent most of their energy attempting to describe it. And no wonder: the list of items that Maira Kalman describes in the book could almost fill a book itself, even without her illustrations. Readers who are unfa...

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