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U and I: A True Story

by Nicholson Baker

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Baker muses on the creative process via his obsession with John Updike.

Review:

?A subtle, funny and, in its way, profoundly serious study of the means by which art and artists are made.? John Banville, Irish Times

Review:

?The tragi-comedy of literary rivalry has never been expressed so nakedly, so well.? New Statesman

Review:

?A fine, funny book by a very clever writer?Baker is unprotected and thrillingly open, the bare forked writer: a touch ridiculous, therefore, but ridiculously talented.? Craig Raine, Independent on Sunday

Review:

?A handsome IOU from a rookie writer to a seasoned pro, but also a confessional, a book about the way one man?s shining words can march into your kitchen, and what happens when they do?Nicholson Baker is a canny, modern writer. He is building a sharp and singular library of the interior life, and U and I is a decisive and welcome addition.? Robert Winder, Independent

About the Author

Nicholson Baker has published five novels–The Mezzanine, Room Temperature, Vox, The Fermata, and The Everlasting Story of Nory–and two works of nonfiction, U and I and The Size of Thoughts. He lives with his wife and two children in Maine.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780679735755
Subtitle:
A True Story
Author:
Baker, Nicholson
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Authorship
Subject:
Authors, American
Subject:
Authors, American -- 20th century.
Edition Description:
1st Vintage Books ed.
Series Volume:
80-2
Publication Date:
February 1992
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
8.00x5.17x.53 in. .48 lbs.

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