A celebration of every age of life collects themed quotes by leading writers from William Shakespeare and Herman Melville to Jane Austen and Maya Angelou, exploring such subjects as the confinements of childhood, the milestones of adulthood and the resignations of the senior years.
A beautifully designed gift book featuring wisdom from famous writers on every age from birth to one hundred.
An extraordinary literary journey, 100 Years traces the passages of life from birth to age one hundred through quotations from the world’s greatest writers. Moving year by year, with surprising and illuminating juxtapositions of quotations from figures as diverse as Plato and Virginia Woolf, Leon Tolstoy and John Barth, this wise, beautiful, and moving portrait of the universal patterns of life will delight readers of all ages and backgrounds. Authors include Herman Melville, Maya Angelou, Sylvia Plath, Gertrude Stein, David Foster Wallace, Anne Frank, Fyodor Dostoevsky, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and dozens of others. Milton Glaser, the renowned graphic designer and creator of the iconic I¦NY logo, has created a design that uses color and typography to enhance the experience and narrative of the ebb and flow of an entire life.
