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Emmett has a wife and two children, a cat, and a duck, and he wants to know what life is about. Every day he gets up before dawn, makes a cup of coffee in the dark, lights a fire with one wooden match, and thinks. What Emmett thinks about is the subject of this wise and closely observed novel, which covers vast distances while moving no farther than Emmett's hearth and home. Nicholson Baker's extraordinary ability to describe and celebrate life in all its rich ordinariness has never been so beautifully achieved. Baker won the National Book Critics Circle Award forDouble Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper. He now returns to fiction with this lovely book, reminiscent of the early novels-Room TemperatureandThe Mezzanine-that established his reputation.Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100375502874
ISBN-139780375502873
eBay Product ID (ePID)2302011
Product Key Features
Book TitleBox of Matches
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, General
Publication Year2003
GenreFiction
AuthorNicholson Baker
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.3 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
eBook FormatASCII Text
ReviewsPRAISE FOR DOUBLE FOLD "There's no mistaking the passion and intelligence he brings to his task or the fiery zest with which he relays his most damning anecdotes."-Chicago Tribune "Provocative . . . impassioned and compelling."-The New York Times PRAISE FOR THE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY "Delightful . . . Reading [it] is similar to listening to a series of piano etudes, each with its own theme playfully developed."-Time "Thoughtful and daft, sure-footed and tentative . . . pitch-perfect."-The Wall Street Journal, PRAISE FORDOUBLE FOLD "There's no mistaking the passion and intelligence he brings to his task or the fiery zest with which he relays his most damning anecdotes."-Chicago Tribune "Provocative . . . impassioned and compelling."-The New York Times PRAISE FORTHE EVERLASTING STORY OF NORY "Delightful . . . Reading [it] is similar to listening to a series of piano etudes, each with its own theme playfully developed."-Time "Thoughtful and daft, sure-footed and tentative . . . pitch-perfect."-The Wall Street Journal
Lccn2002-069704
Target AudienceTrade
Dewey DecimalFic
Lc Classification NumberPs3552.A4325b69 2003
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- 23. Sep. 2019
A gem of a book
by one of our greatest writers...keenly observed with compelling prose, this is Nicholson Baker’s best work. A must-read!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 07. Jun. 2016
beautiful descriptions of ordinary things.
wonderful writing. eye opening descriptions of everyday things. truly remarkable.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
