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U AND I
by Baker, Nicholson
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394589947
- ISBN 13
- 9780394589947
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Baker's third book is this humorous but still serious attempt to explain his relationship with John Updike, whom Baker met a single time in front of a plate of cold cuts at a Harvard Lampoon party in 1984. Baker has read all or nearly all of only eight Updike works and less than half of eight others. This hit or miss -- maybe mostly miss -- knowledge of Updike and Updike's writing is one that serves Baker's sometimes hilarious exploration of the relationship between reader and writer quite well. What we remember of a beloved novel or a favorite author's work may be mis-remembered or irrelevant or, perhaps, life changing, as Baker says his little bit of knowledge of Updike has been for him. Boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.
Synopsis
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003880
- Title
- U AND I
- Author
- Baker, Nicholson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0394589947
- ISBN 13
- 9780394589947
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, FIRST EDITION, CRITICISM, MEMOIR,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/criticism; Humor; Biography/Memoirs;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Plate
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