The Anthologist
A Novel
Description
Paul Chowder is trying to write the introduction to a new anthology of rhyming verse, but he’s having a hard time getting started. The result of his fitful struggles is The Anthologist, Nicholson Baker’s brilliantly funny and exquisite love story about poetry.
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A New York Times Notable Book, 2009
Favorite Fiction of 2009–Los Angeles Times
Best Books of 2009–The Christian Science Monitor
Best of 2009–Slate.com
"A Year’s Reading" Favorites, 2009–The New Yorker
Best Books of 2009–Seattle Times
Pages256
Released2009
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN9781416583974
SellerSimon & Schuster
About the author(s)
Nicholson Baker is the author of nine novels and four works of nonfiction, including Double Fold, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, and House of Holes, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, and The New York Review of Books. He lives in Maine with his family.
