Лучшие книги Николсона Бейкера

Этот роман начинается, когда главный герой встает на ступеньку офисного эскалатора, возвращаясь с обеденного перерыва на работу, и заканчивается, когда он сходит с него, поднявшись в бельэтаж своего конторского здания. За короткую поездку мы вместе с ним решаем грандиозные вопросы, на которых покоится вся наша Вселенная: почему шнурки на ботинках изнашиваются с разной скоростью? кто придумал носик на картонных пакетах молока? как следует надевать носки по утрам? почему соломинки всплывают в кока-коле? какие удовольствия ожидают нас от пробивания степлером толстой пачки бумаг? и многое другое.
Интеллектуальный бестселлер провокационного американского романиста Николсона Бейкера «Бельэтаж» — впервые на русском языке. Свежий взгляд на сноски к человеческой культуре.

This is the story of Arno Strine, a modest temporary typist, who has perfected the knack of stopping time in its tracks and taking women's clothes off. He is hard at work on his autobiography, The Fermata, which proves in the telling to be a very provocative, very funny and altogether morally confused piece of work.

Hilarious and totally original, Nicholson Baker's new novel is a triumphant comedy about sexual fantasy and fantastic sexuality.
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From Nicholson Baker, best-selling author of Vox and the most original writer of his generation, his most controversial novel yet.

A story in which the author examines the little details of home life. The action takes place in the moments before, during and after the feeding of Bug, the baby. The author's previous novel was called "The Mezzanine".

Bestselling author Nicholson Baker, recognized as one of the most dexterous and talented writers in America today, has created a compelling work of nonfiction bound to provoke discussion and controversy - a wide-ranging, astonishingly fresh perspective on the political and social landscape that gave rise to World War II. Human Smoke delivers a closely textured, deeply moving indictment of the treasured myths that have romanticized much of the 1930s and '40s. Incorporating meticulous research and well-documented sources - including newspaper and magazine articles, radio speeches, memoirs, and diaries - the book juxtaposes hundreds of interrelated moments of decision, brutality, suffering, and mercy. Vivid glimpses of political leaders and their dissenters illuminate and examine the gradual, horrifying advance toward overt global war and Holocaust. Praised by critics and readers alike for his exquisitely observant eye and deft, inimitable prose, Baker has assembled a narrative within Human Smoke that unfolds gracefully, tragically, and persuasively. This is an unforgettable book that makes a profound impact on our perceptions of historical events and mourns the unthinkable loss humanity has borne at its own hand.

A visual tribute to the printed word, this delicious ode to the book won awards and critical praise when first published in an oversized format in 2002. Now in a smaller gift book format, Morell's elegant photographs of books highlight the grace

A visual smorgasbord from a legendary newspaper and its illustrious illustrators, this oversized book taps into the current craze for graphic novels and vintage comics. Joseph Pulitzers New York World flourished at the turn of the twentieth century,

Amazon.comOne man's simple, colloquial meditations on his past, his family, and his life's daily minutia are the substance of Nicholson Baker's A Box of Matches . Feeling that life is passing him by, Emmett, a middle-aged medical textbook

The ostensible purpose of a library is to preserve the printed word. But for fifty years our country’s libraries–including the Library of Congress–have been doing just the opposite, destroying hundreds of thousands of historic newspapers and replacing them with microfilm copies that are difficult to read, lack all the color and quality of the original paper and illustrations, and deteriorate with age.

With meticulous detective work and Baker’s well-known explanatory power, Double Fold reveals a secret history of microfilm lobbyists, former CIA agents, and warehouses where priceless archives are destroyed with a machine called a guillotine. Baker argues passionately for preservation, even cashing in his own retirement account to save one important archive–all twenty tons of it. Written the brilliant narrative style that Nicholson Baker fans have come to expect, Double Fold is a persuasive and often devastating book that may turn out to be The Jungle of the American library system.

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