Serendipity: The Afterlife of the Object by Mavor, Carol

Serendipity: The Afterlife of the Object

An exploration of the sadness, as well as the joy, of unexpected discoveries in history and life....
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Author: Carol Mavor
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Language: English
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Serendipity: The Afterlife of the Object by Mavor, Carol

Serendipity: The Afterlife of the Object

Dhs. 187.01

Serendipity: The Afterlife of the Object

Dhs. 187.01
Author: Carol Mavor
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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 café 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 Véra. 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.

Author: Carol Mavor
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 02/05/2025
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781789149500

About the Author
Carol Mavor is professor of art history and visual culture at the University of Manchester. She has published widely on photography, cinema, color, and childhood. Her books include Aurelia: Art and Literature Through the Mouth of the Fairy Tale, also published by Reaktion Books.

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