In his startling, witty, and inexhaustibly inventive first novel--first published in 1986 and now reissued as a Grove Press paperback--the author of Vox and The Fermata uses a one-story escalator ride as the occasion for a dazzling reappraisal of everyday objects and rituals. From the humble milk carton to the act of tying one's shoes, The Mezzanine at once defamiliarizes the familiar world and endows it with loopy and euphoric poetry. Nicholson Baker's accounts of the ordinary become extraordinary through his sharp storytelling and his unconventional, conversational style. At first glance, The Mezzanine appears to be a book about nothing. In reality, it is a brilliant celebration of things, simultaneously demonstrating the value of reflection and the importance of everyday human human experiences.
- ISBN10 0140140026
- ISBN13 9780140140026
- Publish Date 5 April 1990 (first published 1 October 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 December 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Penguin Books / Granta
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 144
- Language English