The Book of Qualities

The Book of Qualities

by J. Ruth Gendler

One of the most amazing books ever. A series of abstractions and concretisations of human good and bad qualities: anger, fear, joy, utilising imagery and colour to personify these qualities. Gendler makes each quality/emotion into a distinct human entity in order to expand and detail their essence. Words fail me. I have searched for two decades to find this book again!

1984 100 pages Perennial Library 1 curator

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