{"product_id":"postcards-for-mia-isbn-9781913689421","title":"Postcards for Mia","description":"\u003cb\u003eA picture book to be shared and savored by both children and adults: a journey into a wondrous world colored by the stories we might choose to tell about it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA full moon after a wasp attack, poppies from a train, panning for gold in the River Cesecito, a bountiful pumpkin harvest . . . . \u003ci\u003ePostcards for Mia\u003c\/i\u003e is a joyful collection of hand-drawn and -painted postcards sent by anthropologist Michael Taussig to his granddaughter, Mia. From airports in New York to cemeteries in Colombia, confrontations with wild boars to conversations with well-dressed koalas, \u003ci\u003ePostcards for Mia\u003c\/i\u003e is a picture book to be shared and savored by both children and adults, a journey into a wondrous world colored by the stories we might choose to tell about it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnthropologist Michael Taussig is renowned for his visionary explorations of color, magic, and myth, founded upon over forty years’ experience with communities in Colombia and Venezuela as well as research visits to Palestine, Kurdish Syria, Kabul, Alice Springs, Sydney, Venice, and Paris. This, his first fully illustrated picture book, provides a remarkably personal insight into Taussig’s unique way of seeing and responding to the world. Drawing observation and reverie into vibrant and humorous acts of vivid storytelling, this delightful scrapbook documents the warmth and excitement of an inter-generational exchange, inspired by the simple pleasure of recounting the excitement of one’s travels.\u003cbr\u003e Michael Taussig is a writer and an anthropologist. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Magic of the State\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Swear I Saw This\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently, \u003ci\u003eMastery of Non-Mastery in the Age of Meltdown\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Strange Attractor Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302147379429,"sku":"NP9781913689421","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781913689421.jpg?v=1767735002","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/postcards-for-mia-isbn-9781913689421","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}