The Principles of Uncertainty

By Maira Kalman
(Penguin (Non-Classics), Paperback, 9780143116462, 336pp.)

Publication Date: October 2009

Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover (November 2007)

Categories: Individual Artist, Mind & Body

Buy online from an indie bookstore
Find an indie bookstore near you

Link to this Book


Description

Maira Kalman paints her highly personal worldview in this inimitable combination of image and text

An irresistible invitation to experience life through a beloved artist's psyche, The Principles of Uncertainty is a compilation of Maira Kalman's New York Times columns. Part personal narrative, part documentary, part travelogue, part chapbook, and all Kalman, these brilliant, whimsical paintings, ideas, and images-which initially appear random-ultimately form an intricately interconnected worldview, an idiosyncratic inner monologue.




About the Author

Maira Kalman is an illustrator, author, and designer. Most recently, she illustrated a new edition of Strunk and White's The Elements of Style.




Praise For The Principles of Uncertainty

"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 love."
-Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love

Indie Bookstore Finder

Indie Bestsellers

The Privileges
Jonathan Dee
Random House
The Unnamed
Joshua Ferris
Reagan Arthur Books
Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert
Viking Adult
The Crossing Places
Elly Griffiths
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Make Your Own Wishlist