Room Temperature by Baker
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.
Nicholson Baker is the author of nine novels and four nonfiction works, including the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Double Fold and the New York Times Notable Book of the Year House of Holes. The New Yorker, Harper's, and The New York Review of Books have all published his writing. He and his family reside in Maine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802112248 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802112242 |
| Title | Room Temperature |
| Author | Baker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Year published | 1990-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 116 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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