The Way the World Works: Essays Contributor(s): Baker, Nicholson (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416572481 ISBN-13: 9781416572480 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $18.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Collections | American - General |
Dewey: 814.54 |
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.06" W x 8.78" (0.63 lbs) 336 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: New York Times bestselling author Nicholson Baker has assembled a "provocative and entertaining" (The Wall Street Journal) collection of his most original and brilliant pieces from the last fifteen years. From political controversy to the intimacy of his own life, from forgotten heroes of pacifism to airplane wings, telephones, paper mills, David Remnick, Joseph Pulitzer, the OED, and the manufacture of the Venetian gondola, Nicholson Baker ranges over the map of life to examine what troubles us, what eases our pain, and what brings us joy. The Way the World Works is a keen-minded, generous-spirited compendium by a modern American master. |
Contributor Bio(s): Baker, Nicholson: - Nicholson Baker is the author of nine novels and four works of nonfiction, including Double Fold, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, and House of Holes, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, and The New York Review of Books. He lives in Maine with his family. |