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- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Number of Pages: 256
- ISBN: 1416572449
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113094275
- Release Date: September 8, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #9329 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "The Anthologist" by Nicholson Baker to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Anthologist"Browse more products related to "Nicholson Baker"Review"[Protagonist] Paul turns out to be oddly likable, thanks not only to his funny, self-deprecating thoughts but also to his chronic struggle with language. He can't sweep the floor without wondering how beautifully he ought to describe the broom....[T]his book glides along on mousy, quotidian details, it also delivers unexpectedly illuminating thoughts on various aspects of poetry....Even for the reader who can't tell an enjambment from a door jamb, this book's remarks about writing are valuable." "What Baker's novels as well as his essays have in common is an antic, humorous, uncanny sense of the physical constituents of things (how they are put together, how they work) and a conviction that what the writer has to say is absolutely original....Baker never writes an unplayful sentence: His violence upon language...is unremitting and comic." "Baker is a beautiful writer, and a bracing reader of poetry....[S]omehow [he] has written a novel about poetry that's actually about poetry--and that is also startlingly perceptive and ardent, both as a work of fiction and as a representation of the kind of thinking that poetry readers do." "It is a verbose, voluble novel about writer's block....[T]he animating power of Baker's fiction is that he makes art from the unheralded banalities of life, because he recognizes that the two must share the same space in our consciousness.....His is a rare example of affectionate art, of brilliant writing that manages to collect and display the odds and ends of existence in a way that makes the reader like it and him." "As his charmingly befuddled hero meanders from the trivial to the exalted, Baker advocates ardently for poetry and reading in this archly funny, covertly illuminating tale of obsession and inertia, despair and triumph." "Baker pulls off an original and touching story, demonstrating his remarkable writing ability while putting it under a microscope." (starred review) Publisher's note"The Anthologist," narrated by poet Paul Chowder, captures all the warmth, wit, and extraordinary prose style that have made Baker an American master. AnnotationNicholson Baker (THE MEZZANINE) once again proves his ability to write about minutiae in ways that unfold and expand and multiply into novels of great abundance. In THE ANTHOLOGIST, a broke, jilted, blocked, pompous and self-pitying poet named Paul Chowder seeks to dash out a promised introduction to a new anthology of poetry titled Only Rhyme. Through his rambling narration, the reader not only witnesses the tragicomic dead-end of his life, but also the history of English poetry, the lives of its many beleaguered poets, and Chowder's deep relationship with language. Funny, expansive, and in the end, profound, THE ANTHOLOGIST is a marvel. If You Enjoy "The Anthologist (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The Anthologist (Hardcover)" by Nicholson Baker (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Fiction & Literature Bestselling Books
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