TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, BOTH OF NICHOLSON BAKERaS BRILLIANT NOVELS FEATURING BELOVED HERO AND POET PAUL CHOWDER A New York Times notable book and a national bestseller, Nicholson Bakeras The Anthologist introduces his quirkiest and most unforgettable protagonist yet, the aerudite, unpretentious, and often hilariousa (The New Yorker) Paul Chowder. Chowder really needs to write an introduction to his new anthology of verse, Only Rhymeaitas the first work his editor has sent him in monthsabut heas having a hard time getting started. Not only is his career floundering, but his girlfriend, Roz, just moved out. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Chowder canat keep his mind from drifting to the sufferings of the great poets, from Tennyson and Yeats to Roethke, Merwin, to every poet whoas been published in The New Yorker. As he ponders the strange power and musicality of language, and adjusts to his newly single life, Chowderas introduction slowly but surely begins to take shape. A wholly entertaining and beguiling love story, and the first novel in the chronicles of Paul Chowderawhich is followed by Traveling Sprinkler in this same volumeaThe Anthologist is aa loving and superbly witty homage to poetryand to lifea (The Boston Globe).Atthe beginning of hisbook he thanks Mayer and some of his fellow students afor showing how well all this stuffcan work.a Pattison is not a humbleman. ... Youa#39;re on your way down, adiving, plunging, heading for the soft pink and blue glow.
Title | : | The Paul Chowder Chronicles |
Author | : | Nicholson Baker |
Publisher | : | Penguin - 2014-10-09 |
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