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Room Temperature - by Nicholson Baker (Paperback)

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  • Nicholson Baker's novel The Mezzanine turned a lunch hour into a postmodern version of The Odyssey.
  • Author(s): Nicholson Baker
  • 128 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary

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The author of the quirky masterpiece The Mezzanine turns a young father's feeding-time reverie into a dazzling catalog of the minutiae of domestic love. "A delightful book, homey and comfortable as a slipper. . . . Every page provokes the shock, or at least the smile, of recognition".--Washington Post.



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Nicholson Baker's novel The Mezzanine turned a lunch hour into a postmodern version of The Odyssey. In Room Temperature, originally published by Grove Press in 1984, Baker takes the reader an even greater distance in the course of twenty minutes, although his narrator is obliged to be stationary, as he is giving his baby daughter her bottle. Though all in the room is still, the narrator's mind is not, and in inspired moments of mental flight, Mike's thoughts on his newfound parenthood lead him back to his own childhood and to reflections on the objects of his youth. From glass peanut butter jars to French horns, from typography to courtship, Baker mixes physics and the physical in a style that has earned him accolades throughout his career.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.06 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .35 Inches (D)
Weight: .26 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 128
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Grove Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Nicholson Baker
Language: English
Street Date: October 12, 2010
TCIN: 85121956
UPC: 9780802144911
Item Number (DPCI): 247-54-1216
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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