The Anthologist [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]

Baker, Nicholson

ISBN 10: 1416572449 / ISBN 13: 9781416572442

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2009

About this Item

Near fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket has faint edgewear and a sticker removal scar. Book has softening to spine ends. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 243 p. Audience: General/trade. A novel by the National Book Critics Circle Award-and James Madison Freedom of Information Award-winning author of 'Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper' and 'The Traveling Sprinkler'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Anthologist [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1416572449
• ISBN 13: 9781416572442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The Anthologist is narrated by Paul Chowder -- a once-in-a-while-published kind of poet who is writing the introduction to a new anthology of poetry. He's having a hard time getting started because his career is floundering, his girlfriend Roz has recently left him, and he is thinking about the great poets throughout history who have suffered far worse and deserve to feel sorry for themselves. He has also promised to reveal many wonderful secrets and tips and tricks about poetry, and it looks like the introduction will be a little longer than he'd thought.

What unfolds is a wholly entertaining and beguiling love story about poetry: from Tennyson, Swinburne, and Yeats to the moderns (Roethke, Bogan, Merwin) to the staff of The New Yorker, what Paul reveals is astonishing and makes one realize how incredibly important poetry is to our lives. At the same time, Paul barely manages to realize all of this himself, and the result is a tenderly romantic, hilarious, and inspired novel.

About the Author

Nicholson Baker is the author of nine novels and four works of nonfiction, including Double Fold, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, and The New York Review of Books. He lives in Maine with his family.