- Gebundene Ausgabe: 192 Seiten
- Verlag: Random House (7. Januar 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0375502874
- ISBN-13: 978-0375502873
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,2 x 14 x 1,9 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.3 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (3 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 580.190 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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One man's simple, colloquial meditations on his past, his family, and his life's daily minutia are the substance of Nicholson Baker's A Box of Matches.
Feeling that life is passing him by, Emmett, a middle-aged medical textbook editor, decides to wake up early each day to sit by a fire in his country house and record his thoughts in a diary. "Good morning," Emmett begins, "its January and its 4.17 am, and I'm going to sit here in the dark." From this vantage point, Emmett reflects stream-of-consciousness style on whatever occurs to him, no matter how mundane: his recent trip to Home Depot, how he met his wife, the habits of the family duck. Routines, such as how he makes his morning coffee in the dark or picks up his underwear with his toes, are described with childlike reverence and directness.
All told, nothing much happens in A Box of Matches, which seems to be the point. Baker is more interested in the idea that for many, life is made up of such apparent trivialities, and that only by pausing to appreciate them can anyone gain any lasting satisfaction. Baker emphasises this through the moments of understated wisdom and joy that Emmett derives from ordinary occurrences, such as the daylight through the window: "a simple light that goes everywhere but with no heat, aware that it is taken for granted and content to be so."
This is the philosophical equivalent of a one-joke premise, however, and there are moments when Emmett's naiveté and laundry list-like narrative wear thin. Likely understanding this, Baker has wisely kept things short. A curious, often charming novel, A Box of Matches will inspire some readers, while inspiring frustration in others. --Ross Doll, Amazon.com -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
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One man's simple, colloquial meditations on his past, his family, and his life's daily minutia are the substance of Nicholson Baker's A Box of Matches. Feeling that life is passing him by, Emmett, a middle-aged medical textbook editor, decides to wake up early each day to sit by a fire in his country house and record his thoughts in a diary. "Good morning," Emmett begins, "it's January and its 4:17 a.m., and I'm going to sit here in the dark." From this vantage point, Emmett reflects stream-of-consciousness style on whatever occurs to him, no matter how mundane: his recent trip to Home Depot, how he met his wife, the habits of the family duck. Routines, such as how he makes his morning coffee in the dark or picks up his underwear with his toes, are described with childlike reverence and directness. All told, nothing much happens in A Box of Matches, which seems to be the point. Baker is more interested in the idea that for many, life is made up of such apparent trivialities, and that only by pausing to appreciate them can anyone gain any lasting satisfaction. Baker emphasizes this through the moments of understated wisdom and joy that Emmett derives from ordinary occurrences, such as the daylight through the window: "a simple light that goes everywhere but with no heat, aware that it is taken for granted and content to be so." This is the philosophical equivalent of a one-joke premise, however, and there are moments when Emmett's naiveté and laundry list-like narrative wear thin. Likely understanding this, Baker has wisely kept things short. A curious, often charming novel, A Box of Matches will inspire some readers, while inspiring frustration in others. --Ross Doll
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If you have ever enjoyed the sensitivity in the early morning hours, you will identify with Emmet, the narrating protagonist of A BOX OF MATCHES. He tells a story from the waking up perspective where everything is narrowed down to its essential character. This is shown by the detailed descriptions of his procedures going to the bathroom, making coffee, having an apple and building a fire. From this starting point the reader slowly gains more information about Emmet's life and discovers in himself the modest, mostly overlooked miracles a day offers. A BOX OF MATCHES motivates to have a look on many things from a sunrise point of view.
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If you have ever enjoyed the sensitivity in the early morning hours, you will identify with Emmet, the narrating protagonist of A BOX OF MATCHES. He tells a story from the waking up perspective where everything is narrowed down to its essential character. This is shown by the detailed descriptions of his procedures going to the bathroom, making coffee, having an apple and building a fire. From this starting point the reader slowly gains more information about Emmet's life and discovers in himself the modest, mostly overlooked miracles a day offers. A BOX OF MATCHES motivates to have a look on many things from a sunrise point of view.
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Baker's main character in this book, Emmett, is amazingly boring. Every non-eventful chapter starts out with "Good morning, it's x:xx am". By the third or fourth chapter, I realized that the development of any sort of a plot was utterly hopeless. The one bright spot in this vast desert of nothingness, is some of Emmett's comical observations of everyday life. He approaches the most simple and mudane task with a twisted sort of scientific method. I really hoped that Baker would have combined these comical observations with an actual storyline.
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