The Mezzanine | Nicholson Baker | a great book from a neat writer

The Mezzanine | Nicholson Baker | Just Pleasure in Reading

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The Mezzanine

	The Mezzanine Nicholson Baker Vintage, 1990 - 144 pages average customer review:based on 44 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Turns an ordinary ride up an office escalator into a meditation on our relations with familiar objects--shoelaces, straws, and more. Baker's debut novel, and a favorite amongst many of us here.

a great book from a neat writer

I had to read Nichelson Baker for my critical thinking class in 1995 and was undeniably impressed with his book, outside of the classroom. Some have a knack, others have a gift, and Mr Bakers pen has been touched by the comedic hand of god settling him firmly in the later.
From the ergonomics of turn signal devices in japanese cars(they feel like human joints when you activate them) to the bathroom stall noises of public restrooms soundling like soup cans, Mr Baker has a keen zen like perception with the word that puts the reader in distinct focus by using very common settings. His awareness of the world around him and his acute attention to detail lend a lot of credibility to those of us who are fascinated with randomness, the placement of everything, physical objectivity in our personal experiences of the world. One of my favorite writers. The Fermata is very funny too.

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Just Pleasure in Reading

There is very little to take away from this book. And that is praiseworthy.

If you feel you must find some kind of meaning, you could make a case that our life is lived in the minutiae that we ignore and not in the grand moments we choose to remember.

Follow a man on his common trip out of a building and across the square. Use this book to fill some idle minutes reading rather than on a sitcom.

Seinfeld on Crack

Imagine describing 3 minutes of minutaie for an entire book. That's Mezzanine. One of my favorites though. A real brain screw.

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