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The Mezzanine

Nicholson Baker

Paperback | Pages: 135 pages

Rating: 3.83 | 7049 Users | 799 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Mezzanine
ISBN:	0679725768 (ISBN13: 9780679725763)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Howie

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Although most of the action of The Mezzanine occurs on the escalator of an office building, where its narrator is returning to work after buying shoelaces, this startlingly inventive and witty novel takes us farther than most fiction written today. It lends to milk cartons the associative richness of Marcel Proust's madeleines. It names the eight most significant advances in a human life -- beginning with shoe-tying. It asks whether the hot air blowers in bathrooms really are more sanitary than towels. And it casts a dazzling light on our relations with the objects and people we usually take for granted.

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Title	:	The Mezzanine
Author	:	Nicholson Baker
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 135 pages
Published	:	January 16th 1990 by Vintage (first published October 15th 1988)
Categories	:	Fiction. Novels. Literature. Contemporary. American

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The Mezzanine sent my head into over analytical floptwist; the relatable introspection, the crisp details, and oh geez god...the footnotes, from up to down to across and back up again. Options explored with footnotes: 1) Stop mid sentence, read the footnotes, come back 2) finish the tangent, go back and read the footnotes 3) screw these footnotes. But I never chose option 3 for fear that I might miss something crucial, regarding broken shoelaces, the buoyancy of paper straws, whistling in the

A jaded, young wealthy aristocrat in French author Joris-Karl Huysmans slim novel À rebours (Against Nature) retreats to a country villa to construct a custom-made artificial world where he can live his entire solitary life on his own aesthetic, highly refined terms. In many ways, the main character in this slender Nicholson Baker book is the complete opposite of Huysmans - rather than being a jaded aristocrat, Bakers narrator is an ordinary guy supremely attuned and energized by commonplace

At almost 6:45pm, I approached my house, noticing with annoyance that the bin men had left the bins obstructing the driveway. I got out of the car, leaving the engine running ² , put the bins in their proper place, and drove the final few metres, parking in the shade of the laurel. I noticed it needed pruning, and worried that if we didnt do it soon, our delightful neighbours might be put to the embarrassing inconvenience of having a quiet word. As I walked to the front door, I spotted a weed,

This is awesome!!There was an engineering gathering at my company's business centre today. I had an enjoyable chat with my manager about why one cup shape was appropriate for coffee and another for tea. A new employee held up a wine glass and explained to me how he would go about 3D modelling it--a favourite pastime of his. (So, how appropriate is this book's cover, honestly?!)This short "novel's" protagonist is just like the people I work with, whose main source of joy is everyday innovation.

Tantric YankThis novella almost felt like having tantric sex with Sting.If it had lasted any longer, it would have become tedious. So, at 135 pages, it was just the right length. Nicholson Baker set out his goals and demonstrated his ability to achieve them, but he stopped just before either he or we lost interest in the whole project.Semen and ShoelacesWhat was he trying to achieve? As often happens, Baker gave us some insight in the book itself:"Observe, in short, how transient and trivial is

The head of the main hero is freighted with such outright trash and garbage that he keeps mentally digesting that he has no time to live his life.The pursuit of truth doesn't have clear outer boundaries: it doesn't end with the book; restatement and self-disagreement and the enveloping sea of referenced authorities all continue.One has enough time to consume but one hardly has enough time to start living.