- Taschenbuch: 368 Seiten
- Verlag: Vintage; Auflage: VINTAGE BOOKS. (25. Februar 1997)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0679776249
- ISBN-13: 978-0679776246
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,2 x 2 x 20,4 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.2 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (4 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 708.614 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Novelist and essayist Nicholson Baker has had a small but well-deserved cult following since his first book, The Mezzanine, and the publication of the literary sex-bomb Vox saw his popularity mushroom. Baker's great gift is a precision of observational detail that has a peculiarly incisive effect on a reader's consciousness. Here is over a decade's worth of his essays and articles, including the much-praised card catalogue article first published in the New Yorker. The Size of Thoughts, through its varied forays into the realms of the overlooked, the underfunded, and the wrongfully scrapped, is a funny and thought-provoking book by one of the most distinctive stylists and thinkers of our time.
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In writing the essay "Rarity," Baker probably did not realize he had himself created something rare, contributing to the ever-changing, quickly embraced attitudes and adoptions of modern life. More than a delightful sampling by a trendy, acclaimed, and well-published writer, these essays are the fruits of a bountiful imagination. From nail clippers to model airplanes to the unacknowledged platter-style film projector to the size of thoughts, nothing is off limits and everything is interesting to Baker. His curiosity, keen wit, and search for truth appear refreshingly sincere, and his enthusiasm for the overlooked aspects of our world and daily lives is not merely an obsession with minutia but a zealous, childlike attention to all that can be examined; that quality alone is nearly contagious. Clearly well read, Baker's language and style pay homage to early essayists but remain modern by melding humor and sensitive perception in original ways. Although a few pieces stand out as filler, meant to boost the page count (e.g., "Wedding," "Mlack," "Recipe" ), the overall quality of the pieces is exceptionally high--an outstanding collection! Janet St. John
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After reading this book, you will never clip your toenails again without marvelling at the fine and delicate engineering that went into the noble toenail clipper. You will develop a nostalgia for flipping through the card catalog, and for the days when consumer items did not come in fashion colors and an overwhelming number of forms. We are unaccustomed to the results of such honed and loving attention paid to the quotidian. Who knew such pleasure could be gotten from the history of film projectors, or the semantic evolution of the word "lumber?"
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This book is a collection of several essays written by Baker at various times. These essays take the reader into a deep spiral of semantical minutiae. This is entertaining, despite Baker's apparent fascination for his own cleverness, but doesn't lead anywhere in particular. We learn of the history of punctuation, and of toenail clippers. It's interesting trivia that answers questions that probably would never have entered your mind. The exception to this is his essay on library card catalogs, which makes a very important and painful point. A large portion of the book is an intricate masterpiece of research about the use of the concept of mental lumber. While it is clever in countless ways, it's not very readable and is of questionable interest. If you do decide to skip it after reading the first couple pages (and that's ok,) be sure to skim to the section where he reviews CD-ROMS containing old century texts by listening to them in a CD player.
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The rest is not up to that standard. Baker is too often obviously satisfied with his own cleverness; the effect is annoying.
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