false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167937046m/28229.jpg 28229 12 Baker has written a novel that remaps the territory of sex--solitary and telephonic, lyrical and profane, comfortable and dangerous. Written in the form of a phone conversation between two strangers, Vox is an erotic classic that places the author in the first rank of America's major writers. Reading tour. 1256411 1992 Vox total:1258|5:159|4:395|3:474|2:178|1:52| 1258 4205 1542 129 3 11 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Thu Feb 12 03:24:16 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 03:26:07 -0800 2009
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This (ground-breaking/tedious/overhyped/short) novel does for phone sex what (Last Tango in Paris/Lady Ch...more...]]> 0 4 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Jun 24 08:12:51 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 12:07:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 11:41:02 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 15:53:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sat Nov 15 04:20:35 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 04:24:34 -0800 2008 1 recommend Nicholson Baker as your new favorite author.

I laughed so hard out loud and alone while reading this book. I learned so many new terms for body parts and acts of s...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Nov 12 20:02:45 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 20:02:45 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Nov 08 13:12:12 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 26 04:45:56 -0700 2008 a single-issue novel (sex), also a single-mode novel (dialogue), and further disembodied by the fact the the two protagonists never touch or meet, communicating only by party line. The object, the thing, in this case, is the telephone -- that frictionless technology. Vox is frictionless to...more...]]> 3 1 false true Thu Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Sun Feb 17 17:48:59 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 17:48:59 -0800 2008
But its really a small accomplishment about over-intellectualizing sex and trying to preserve distance as well ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 20 06:01:25 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 06:28:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Sep 18 11:53:52 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 12:45:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 10:42:19 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 10:46:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Sep 26 07:39:22 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 07:39:41 -0700 2007
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I was so wrong. Everything ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Aug 01 21:10:19 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 20 18:10:59 -0800 2007 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 15 09:40:54 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 09:50:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 16:49:43 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 16:58:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 19 18:21:52 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 18:22:01 -0700 2008 By Anis Nin

Vox
By Nicholson Baker

The Professor of Desire
By Philip Roth

Sometimes there’s nothing better than good ‘ol literary smut. I’ve found some books that are the equivalent of Zane for intellectuals. I started off with ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 02:33:12 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 02:51:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false true Thu Jun 04 10:53:59 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 14:44:27 -0700 2009
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