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Mezzanine - Nicholson Baker

Description: ISBN 0679725768 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Nicholson Baker / Edition: Reissue / Paperback / 144 Pages / Book is published 1990-01 by ... more

Mezzanine - Nicholson Baker ... Vintage Books

Newest Review: ... areas, underneath, this is about all of the trivial, meaningless abstractions and pondering that flit about the consciousness ... more

... at any given time - so in terms of any grand scope, this is really about nothing much at all. The pressing troubles of his broken shoelaces, for instance, are one of those issues that recur throughout the novel. The format of this book reflects the piecemeal style of storytelling wonderfully - although the 150-odd pages only span an hour or so of fictional time, the text is littered with footnotes that set into action an often almost endless chain of deviations and digressions, as Baker delightfully reflect...more

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Mezzanine - Nicholson Baker: Minutiae For Lunch (639 words)
by - written on 21/03/09 (Very useful, 166 readings)
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While some reach for the narrative stars and construct great epic storylines of high drama and relentless action, others prefer a more low-key, introspective approach. Still other authors go even further in this direction, and it is somewhere here that Nicholson Baker's The Mezzanine fits in, for this is ostensibly about nothing more than one man's lunch hour. Our protagonist, Howie, is in most ways a straightforward everyman, and this is the tale of a day like any other in an office that could be any, anywhere. As such, the "plot" is of minimal importance - it is only significant in as much as it inspires the musings of Howie's mind - for it is inside the ... Read the complete review