Lumber!
Rating:☆☆☆☆
Title:The Size of Thoughts
Author: Nicholson Baker
Genre: Essays
Read: Sometime in May 2005
Comments: This is a brilliant book. It consists of several short essays on varied subjects; fingernail clippers, a review of a slang dictionary, and the demise of card catalogues to name a few, and one long essay on the history and usage of the word 'lumber'. Nicholson is a master of finding the sublime in the mundane and his essays bring into focus the understated beauty of everyday objects. Eccentric and and at times almost comically over-erudite? Sure, but you'll find yourself nodding in silent recognition at his apt descriptions of the minutiae of daily life.
Quote: "Some chicks lead with the boobs... This chick leads with the grumper" (an example-sentence from his review of the slang dictionary.)
posted by Becki at 1:04 PM
1 Comments:
It's more lumber than you can shake a stick at!
But it means lumber in the sense of wood, which used to mean junk...
Post a Comment
<< Home