When Nicholson Baker, one of the most linguistically talented writers in America, set out to write a book about John Updike, the result was no ordinary biography. Instead Baker's account of his relationship with his hero is a hilarious story of ambition, obsession, talent and neurosis, alternately self-deprecating and self-aggrandizing. More memoir than literary criticism, Baker is excruciatingly honest, and U & I reveals at least as much about Baker himself as it does about his idol.
Written twenty years before Updike's death in 2009, U & I is a very smart and extremely funny exploration of the debts we owe our heroes.
| ISBN: | 9781847083517 |
| Publication date: | 7th July 2011 |
| Author: | Nicholson Baker |
| Publisher: | Granta Books an imprint of Granta Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Genres: |
Memoirs Literary essays Biography, Literature and Literary studies |
When Nicholson Baker, one of the most linguistically talented writers in America, set out to write a book about John Updike, the result was no ordinary biography. Instead Baker's account of his relationship with his hero is a hilarious story of ambition, obsession, talent and neurosis, alternately self-deprecating and self-aggrandizing.
U & I features in the following genres: Memoirs, Literary essays, Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Paperback. £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. In Stock.
U & I was written by Nicholson Baker and published by Granta Books an imprint of Granta Publications
U & I has 192 pages
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. In Stock.