The Way the World Works: Essays

The Way the World Works: Essays

New York Times bestselling author Nicholson Baker, â€œwho writes like no one else in Americaâ€ (Newsweek), has assembled his best nonfiction writing over the last fifteen years, a trove of original and provocative pieces.

Nicholson Baker, who â€œwrites like no one else in Americaâ€ (Newsweek), here assembles his best short pieces from the last fifteen years.

The Way the World Works, Bakerâ€™s second nonfiction collection, ranges over the map of life to examine what troubles us, what eases our pain, and what brings us joy. Baker moves from political controversy to the intimacy of his own life, from forgotten heroes of pacifism to airplane wings, telephones, paper mills, David Remnick, Joseph Pulitzer, the OED, and the manufacture of the Venetian gondola. He writes about kite string and about the moment he met his wife, and he surveys our fascination with video games while attempting to beat his teenage son at Modern Warfare 2. In a celebrated essay on Wikipedia, Baker describes his efforts to stem the tide of encyclopedic deletionism; in another, he charts the rise of e-readers; in a third he chronicles his Freedom of Information lawsuit against the San Francisco Public Library.

Through all these pieces, many written for The New Yorker, Harperâ€™s, and The American Scholar, Baker shines the light of an inexpugnable curiosity. The Way the World Works is a keen-minded, generous-spirited compendium by a modern American master.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber new-Nov09usbook-2017-c019139
ReleaseDate 2012-08-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781416572473

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	new-Nov09usbook-2017-c019139
ReleaseDate	2012-08-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781416572473

The Way the World Works: Essays

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