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Serendipity

By Carol Mavor

Serendipity

By Carol Mavor

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"An exploration of the sadness, as well as the joy, of unexpected discoveries in history and life. Carol Mavor's first "happy accident" occurred in 1980 when visiting New York's Serendipity 3, a dessert cafâe favored by Andy Warhol. Mavor's memory of eating a frozen hot chocolate became food for thought, nurturing accidental discoveries about art and literature. This book's happy, yet dark, accidents include Anne Frank's journal, discovered in the Secret Annex after the Second World War; Emily Dickinson's poems, scribbled on salvaged envelopes, hidden in a drawer; and Lolita, rescued from incineration by Nabokov's wife Vâera. Mavor's writing is dependent on serendipity's layers of happenstance, rousing feelings of something that she did not exactly know she was looking for until she found it. All history is about loss, and in the case of this book, much of it is tragic--but Serendipity also offers the happiness that can be found in unexpected discoveries."--
Product details
Number of Pages:
224
Release Date:
2024-12-25
Publication Date:
2025-02-05
Publisher:
Reaktion Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1789149509
ISBN13:
9781789149500
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
748 g
Height:
114 cm
Width:
275 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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