
2011 Longlist
The Anthologist
ABOUT
THE BOOK
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.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
A wonderful story, complete with cogent lyrical insight, of a poet, with a severe case of writers block, compiling an anthology, and a personal life which is in shambles.
Compelling story of the way in which outcastes are compelled to adjust to the world and the pain that engenders.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
United States
Original Language
English
Publisher
Simon & Schuster