Mezzanine - Softcover

Baker, Nicholson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1862070989 ISBN 13: 9781862070981

Publisher: Granta Books, 1998

Synopsis

The story of one man's lunch hour, tackling the important issues of life, such as "Why does one shoe-lace wear out before the other?" and "Who invented the spout on the paper milk carton?". Nicholson Baker is the author of "Vox", "Room Temperature", "The Fermata", "U & I" and "Thoughts".

About this title

About the Author:

Nicholson Baker has published five novels–The Mezzanine, Room Temperature, Vox, The Fermata, and The Everlasting Story of Nory–and two works of nonfiction, U and I and The Size of Thoughts. He lives with his wife and two children in Maine.

From the Inside Flap:

inary 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Granta Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1862070989
• ISBN 13: 9781862070981
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144