A Box of Matches

Acclaim for Nicholson Baker’s A Box of Matches

“The sneaky, quiet power of

A Box of Matches

comes from the author’s ability to elevate simple moments … with precise observations that verge on poetry.”

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Like sitting in the dark, quietly watching a fire,

A Box of Matches

emits a placid, mesmerizing charm.”

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The Baltimore Sun

“Enthusiast, obsessive, visionary, engineer of the everyday — there’s nobody quite like Baker in the literary universe. … In

A Box of Matches

Baker dreams big: The meaning of his symbols is nothing less than the Meaning of Life.”

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Newsday

“Baker has crafted prose for

[A Box of Matches]

that would be the envy of any writer, his passages reminiscent of fine poetry. He evokes perfect images, beautiful images, precise images.”

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The Miami Herald

“Comical. … Chilling. … Baker’s range as a writer is indisputable. … An ideal book to read in the long dark hours of winter in front of a smoldering fire.”

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Impossible to put down.”

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Men’s Journal

“[Baker’s] prose is so luminescent and so precise it manually recalibrates our brains.”

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Time

“Nicholson Baker is such a swell, smart writer.”

— Carolyn See,

The Washington Post Book World

“This is a book to make you wonder at the miracle of every day life.”

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O Magazine

“Can the mundane be marvelous? It can, and it is, at least in the world of Nicholson Baker.”

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Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Baker captures bits of our world in ways that seem exact and true but have long eluded us.”

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The Oregonian