{"product_id":"a-box-of-matches-paperback","title":"A Box of Matches - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholson Baker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmmett has a wife and two children, a cat, and a duck, and he wants to know what life is about. Every day he gets up before dawn, makes a cup of coffee in the dark, lights a fire with one wooden match, and thinks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat Emmett thinks about is the subject of this wise and closely observed novel, which covers vast distances while moving no further than Emmett's hearth and home. Nicholson Baker's extraordinary ability to describe and celebrate life in all its rich ordinariness has never been so beautifully achieved.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmmett has a wife and two children, a cat, and a duck, and he wants to know what life is about. Every day he gets up before dawn, makes a cup of coffee in the dark, lights a fire with one wooden match, and thinks. \u003cbr\u003eWhat Emmett thinks about is the subject of this wise and closely observed novel, which covers vast distances while moving no further than Emmett's hearth and home. Nicholson Baker's extraordinary ability to describe and celebrate life in all its rich ordinariness has never been so beautifully achieved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholson Baker was born in 1957 and attended the Eastman School of Music and Haverford College. He has published five previous novels-\u003cb\u003eThe Mezzanine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(1988), \u003cb\u003eRoom Temperature\u003c\/b\u003e (1990), \u003cb\u003eVox\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(1992), \u003cb\u003eThe Fermata\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(1994), and \u003cb\u003eThe Everlasting Story of Nory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(1998)-and three works of nonfiction, \u003cb\u003eU and I\u003c\/b\u003e (1991), \u003cb\u003eThe Size of Thoughts\u003c\/b\u003e (1996), and \u003cb\u003eDouble Fold\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(2001), which won a National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1999 he founded the American Newspaper Repository, a collection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century newspapers. He lives in Maine with his wife and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.06 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751418495264,"sku":"9780375706035","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/60b3089e8265a9ec1ec0b73dd9f37567.webp?v=1779972627","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-box-of-matches-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}