U AND I

Baker, Nicholson

ISBN 10: 0394589947 / ISBN 13: 9780394589947

Published by Random House, New York, 1991

About this Item

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.

Seller Inventory # 003880

Bibliographic Details

• Title: U AND I
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394589947
• ISBN 13: 9780394589947
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature/criticism
  • Biography/Memoirs
  • Humor

About this title

Synopsis

Baker muses on the creative process via his obsession with John Updike.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

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on the creative process via his obsession with John Updike.


From the Trade Paperback edition.