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A Box of Matches

By Nicholson Baker

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A Box of Matches

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Description
A man gets up earlier and earlier each day dresses in the dark makes his coffee and lights the fire with a box of matches. Then he rummages through the thoughts that crowd his head and preoccupy him. Here is mid-life domesticated man whose thoughts veer brilliantly from love and marriage to firelighters and suicide in the twinkling of an eye.
This is Baker at his best humorous and observant revealing the underlying truths about the ephemerality of life the joy of small things the darkness just the other side of everyday life - all human life in a box of matches.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2004-01-01
Publication Date:
2004-01-01
Publisher:
Vintage
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0099448386
ISBN13:
9780099448389
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
211 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
11 cm

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The items bear minimal signs of past use, such as light scratches or memories in the form of markings. These signs of wear give the items a charming character and tell stories of their previous owners, while not affecting their functionality.
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