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Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as The Mezzanine and Room Temperature were distinguished by their minute inspection of his characters' and narrators' stream of consciousness.
§All Books
The Mezzanine
Nicholson Baker, 1988
40 ratings
§ About Nicholson Baker's books
- Books on SansFiction
- 1
- Published
- 1988
- Average rating
- 3.8 / 5 across 40 ratings
- Genres
- Classics, Comedy, Fiction, Humor
The book: The Mezzanine (1988)
In his startling, witty, and inexhaustibly inventive first novelfirst published in 1986 and now reissued as a Grove Press paperbackthe author of Vox and The Fermata uses a one-story escalator ride as the occasion for a dazzling reappraisal of everyday objects and rituals.
Common questions about Nicholson Baker
- Who is Nicholson Baker?
- Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as The Mezzanine and Room Temperature were distinguished by their minute inspection of his characters' and narrators' stream of consciousness.
- What is Nicholson Baker best known for?
- Nicholson Baker is best known for The Mezzanine, published in 1988 with 40 ratings and a 3.8 average. It is the most-rated of Nicholson Baker's books on SansFiction.
- What genres does Nicholson Baker write?
- Nicholson Baker's books on SansFiction are tagged Classics, Comedy, Fiction and Humor.