Skip to Main Content (Press Enter)
The Size of Thoughts by Nicholson Baker
Add The Size of Thoughts to bookshelf
Add to Bookshelf

Look Inside

The Size of Thoughts

By Nicholson Baker

By Nicholson Baker

By Nicholson Baker

By Nicholson Baker

Best Seller

Part of Vintage Contemporaries

Part of Vintage Contemporaries

Paperback $17.95

Feb 25, 1997 | ISBN 9780679776246

Ebook $12.99

Aug 24, 2011 | ISBN 9780307807519

All Formats
+
    The Size of Thoughts by Nicholson Baker
    Paperback $17.95
    Feb 25, 1997 | ISBN 9780679776246

    Buy from Other Retailers:

    See All Formats (1) +

    Paperback
    –

    • Paperback $17.95

      Feb 25, 1997 | ISBN 9780679776246

      Buy from Other Retailers:

    Ebook
    +

    • Ebook

      Aug 24, 2011 | ISBN 9780307807519

      Buy from Other Retailers:

    Buy the Ebook:

    About The Size of Thoughts

    The bestselling author of Vox and The Fermata devotes his hyperdriven curiosity and magnificently baroque prose to the fossils of punctuation and the lexicography of smut, delivering to readers a provocative and often hilarious celebration of the neglected aspects of our experience.

    About The Size of Thoughts

    The Size of Thoughts, a collection of essays that have appeared in the New Yorker and other publications, includes one never-before-published piece on the world of electronics. The essays celebrate the joy–and exquisite details–of everything from library card catalogs and reading aloud to the significance of wine stains on a tablecloth.

    Baker turns any subject, from feeding a child to phone sex, into literature with a style that is sparklingly original, frequently beautiful, and always thought-provoking. The Size of Thoughts, through its varied forays into the realms of the overlooked, the underfunded, and the wrongfully scrapped, is a funny book by one of the most distinctive stylists and thinkers of out time.

    Also by Nicholson Baker

    Finding a Likeness
    Baseless
    Substitute
    The Paul Chowder Chronicles
    Traveling Sprinkler
    See all books by Nicholson Baker

    Also by Nicholson Baker

    Finding a Likeness
    Baseless
    Substitute
    The Paul Chowder Chronicles
    Traveling Sprinkler
    See all books by Nicholson Baker

    About Nicholson Baker

    Nicholson Baker has written seventeen books, including The Mezzanine, Vox, Human Smoke, The Anthologist, and Baseless—also an art book, The World on Sunday, in collaboration with his wife Margaret Brentano.  Several of his books have been New York Times bestsellers,… More about Nicholson Baker

    About Nicholson Baker

    Nicholson Baker has written seventeen books, including The Mezzanine, Vox, Human Smoke, The Anthologist, and Baseless—also an art book, The World on Sunday, in collaboration with his wife Margaret Brentano.  Several of his books have been New York Times bestsellers,… More about Nicholson Baker

    Product Details

    Category: Reference | Literary Criticism | Essays & Literary Collections

    Paperback | $17.95
    Published by Vintage
    Feb 25, 1997 | 368 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679776246

    Category: Reference | Literary Criticism | Essays & Literary Collections

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 24, 2011 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9780307807519
    YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
    Looking for More Great Reads?
    21 Books You’ve Been Meaning to Read
    Get the latest updates about Nicholson Baker
    And go from well-read to best read with book recs, deals and more in your inbox every week.
    And go from well-read to best read with book recs, deals and more in your inbox every week.
    By clicking “SIGN UP”, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Penguin Random House’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and understand that Penguin Random House collects certain categories of personal information for the purposes listed in that policy, discloses, sells, or shares certain personal information and retains personal information in accordance with the policy. You can opt-out of the sale or sharing of personal information anytime.
    Dismiss
    Thanks!
    Something awesome is on its way.
    Back to Top

    Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network

    Raise kids who love to read

    Raise kids who love to read

    Today's Top Books

    Want to know what people are actually reading right now?

     An online magazine for today’s home cook

    An online magazine for today’s home cook