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A Box of Matches

By Nicholson Baker

Book information

Publisher
Vintage
Year
2004
ISBN
0375706038, 9780375706035
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1781404 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
192\0
Time added
2012-09-01 09:10:58

Description

Emmett has a wife and two children, a cat, and a duck, and he wants to know what life is about. Every day he gets up before dawn, makes a cup of coffee in the dark, lights a fire with one wooden match, and thinks.What Emmett thinks about is the subject of this wise and closely observed novel, which covers vast distances while moving no further than Emmett’s hearth and home. Nicholson Baker’s extraordinary ability to describe and celebrate life in all its rich ordinariness has never been so beautifully achieved.

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