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My Favorite Things
Maira Kalman
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Description for My Favorite Things
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFT; AGC; AK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 206 x 20. Weight in Grams: 818.
From Maira Kalman, the author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and The Elements of Style, comes this beautiful pictorial and narrative exploration of the significance of objects in our lives, drawn from her personal artifacts, recollections, and selections from the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. With more than fifty original paintings and featuring bestselling author and illustrator Maira Kalman's signature handwritten prose, My Favorite Things is a poignant and witty meditation on the importance of both quotidian and unusual objects in our culture and private worlds. Created in the same colorful, engaging, and insightful style ... Read more
From Maira Kalman, the author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and The Elements of Style, comes this beautiful pictorial and narrative exploration of the significance of objects in our lives, drawn from her personal artifacts, recollections, and selections from the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. With more than fifty original paintings and featuring bestselling author and illustrator Maira Kalman's signature handwritten prose, My Favorite Things is a poignant and witty meditation on the importance of both quotidian and unusual objects in our culture and private worlds. Created in the same colorful, engaging, and insightful style ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062122971
SKU
V9780062122971
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About Maira Kalman
Maira Kalman has written and illustrated many books, such as And the Pursuit of Happiness, The Principles of Uncertainty, Looking at Lincoln, Fireboat, and with Lemony Snicket, 13 Words. She is a contributor to The New Yorker and the New York Times. Born in Tel Aviv, she lives in New York City.
Reviews for My Favorite Things
"So friendly, so classic, so delightful ... Kalman has taken 'the little book' [The Elements of Style] and made it even more elegant and uplifting."
Los Angeles Times "While The Elements of Style has never lacked fans or dutiful adherents, appreciation for this slim volume has taken a turn toward the whimsical and even surreal."
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Los Angeles Times "While The Elements of Style has never lacked fans or dutiful adherents, appreciation for this slim volume has taken a turn toward the whimsical and even surreal."
New York Times ... Read more