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The story of Arno Strine, a temporary typist, who has mastered the technique of freezing time so that he can undress women. Nicholson Baker is the author of "Vox".
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"Lots of nakedness, quite a few surprises. His novels have the brazen, daring timidity of love letters you know you'll never post" (Sunday Times)
"The book is bursting with sex and beauty, wound together profoundly and pornographically. It is bountifully Rabelasisan and intensely refined. I have never read anything quite like it. Misogynists will definitely not like The Fermata; there is not one iota of violence towards or contempt for women in this book. Wildly exhilarating and confirming. The Fermata should be celebrated" (Mary Gaitskill)
"Witty, dry and thought-provoking, a great addition to Baker's unique observatory of contemporary life" (Vogue)
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'The funniest book about sex ever written' Literary Review
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Octavo, boards. First edition. This UK edition apparently preceded the 1994 U.S. Random House edition. The author's fourth novel, "an hilarious comedy about sexual fantasy and fantastic sexuality" (publisher's blurb). A novel in which the protagonist can stop the flow of events around him and engage in outrageous sexual escapades with unsuspecting female victims, a followup to his hugely successful VOX. "The protagonist of THE FERMATA (1994) discovers in childhood that he can stop time at will, allowing him as an adult to conduct elaborate exercises in voyeurism. [His collection of linked stories], HOUSE OF HOLES (2011), presents further exercises in the erotic, some of them fantastic" (John Clute). A fine copy with wraparound band and no dust jacket as issued. (#167833). Seller Inventory # 167833