The Anthologist is narrated by Paul Chowder-a once-in-a-while-published kind of poet who is writing the introduction to a new anthology of poetry. He's having a hard time getting started because his career is floundering; his girlfriend Roz has recently left him; and he is thinking about the great poets throughout history who have suffered far worse and deserve to feel sorry for themselves. He has also promised to reveal many wonderful secrets and tips and tricks about poetry, and it looks like the introduction will be a little longer than he'd thought.What unfolds is a wholly entertaining and beguiling love story about poetry: from Tennyson, Swinburne, and Yeats to the moderns (Roethke, Bogan, Merwin) to the staff of the New Yorker, what Paul reveals is astonishing and makes one realize how incredible important poetry is to our lives. At the same time, Paul barely manages to realize all of this himself, and the result is a tenderly romantic, hilarious, and inspired novel.
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Review:
`As insightful a work of criticism as you could wish to read . . . brilliant flashes of perception' --Guardian
`The Anthologist is a perfect match of style, character and subject matter'
--The Herald
'Easygoing and effortlessly comic prose . . . the affable charm of Baker's narrator emanates from the very first line . . .wonderful' --Observer, Paperback of the week
`A beguiling love story about the mysteries of rhyme' --Daily Telegraph
'You will adore this wry, clever novel by the ever-ingenious Nicholson Baker' --Sunday Telegraph
`Excellent . . . surely the best novel about poetry ever written' --Metro
`Baker's gentle novel is well written, with much to admire'
--Financial Times
`Fluent & funny' --Nick Laird, Books of the Year, Telegraph
About the Author:
Nicholson Baker has published seven novels and three works of nonfiction, including Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper.
Nicholson Baker has published seven novels and three works of nonfiction, including Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper.
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- PublisherTantor Media Inc
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1400166632
- ISBN 13 9781400166633
- BindingMP3 CD
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