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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100679439323
ISBN-139780679439325
eBay Product ID (ePID)1542897
Product Key Features
Book TitleSize of Thoughts : Essays and Other Lumber
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Essays
Publication Year1996
GenreFiction, Literary Collections
AuthorNicholson Baker
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight18.9 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-043667
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal814.5/4
SynopsisThe Size of Thoughts, a collection of essays that have appeared in the New Yorker and other publications, includes one never-before-published piece on the world of electronics. The essays celebrate the joy--and exquisite details--of everything from library card catalogs and reading aloud to the significance of wine stains on a tablecloth. Baker turns any subject, from feeding a child to phone sex, into literature with a style that is sparklingly original, frequently beautiful, and always thought-provoking. The Size of Thoughts, through its varied forays into the realms of the overlooked, the underfunded, and the wrongfully scrapped, is a funny book by one of the most distinctive stylists and thinkers of out time.