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| Original Title: | Vox |
| ISBN: | 1862070962 (ISBN13: 9781862070967) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Nicholson Baker
Paperback | Pages: 176 pages Rating: 3.44 | 5321 Users | 479 Reviews
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There's such a diversity of opinions concerning this book that I can't bring myself to take sides. Instead, I presentYour cut-out-and-keep do-it-yourself Vox reviewing kit
This (ground-breaking/tedious/overhyped/short) novel does for phone sex what (Last Tango in Paris/Lady Chatterley's Lover/Death in the Afternoon/The Bell Jar/Ben Hur) did for (sodomy/gamekeepers/bullfighting/suicide/chariot-racing).
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Mention Containing Books Vox
| Title | : | Vox |
| Author | : | Nicholson Baker |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 176 pages |
| Published | : | January 12th 1998 by Granta Books (first published February 21st 1992) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Adult Fiction. Erotica. Romance. Novels. Literature. Sexuality. Contemporary |
Rating Containing Books Vox
Ratings: 3.44 From 5321 Users | 479 ReviewsCriticize Containing Books Vox
Sex is part of life,.and it is no surprise that virtually all writers write about it one way or the other, including Africans (Achebe, Ekwensi, Zakes Mda just two illustrious writers who have done so). Phone sex, which even now remains unpopular in Africa, is the theme of this book written many years ago by an American writer. At the time, smartphones were not the vogue, so this work comes across as old fashioned, and even awkward many times. The author did well to write a whole work of fictionI'm only half through this book right now, but it's absolutely ridiculous. It was actually on the "Staff Recommendations" table at my public library, and I figured it had to be amazing since it was erotica on a main table in the middle of the library.I was so wrong. Everything about this book is contrived and irritating. Has Nicholson Baker never had a telephone conversation in his life? Because that's the only possible excuse I can come with. The dialogue (and the whole book is dialogue,
Vox Sounds almost like an expletive... Its Latin for voice But also a US news website A childrens book I read to my then eight-year old Vox pop Ultravox and so back to voice.This short book reads as the transcript of the conversation between two strangers, Abby and Jim, who connect, one-to-one, via a sex line in the early 1990s. The brain is the sexiest organ, and the voice is a conduit from one mind to another: pitch, timbre, accent, and intonation determine the hearers response at least as
I'm only half through this book right now, but it's absolutely ridiculous. It was actually on the "Staff Recommendations" table at my public library, and I figured it had to be amazing since it was erotica on a main table in the middle of the library.I was so wrong. Everything about this book is contrived and irritating. Has Nicholson Baker never had a telephone conversation in his life? Because that's the only possible excuse I can come with. The dialogue (and the whole book is dialogue,
This is a book I expected to find precious and overly high-concept and ended up enjoying immensely, and thinking about for a long time after I was done. It is basically a transcript of a phone-sex conversation over the course of several hours, written down with absolutely minimal frills (no descriptions beyond the conversation, no verbs beyond "said" or "asked," no adjectives or adverbs to describe the voices of the two participants). And yet Jim and Abby (whose names I remember although they're
I read this book years ago - it's a quick read and merits a re-read so I can write a better review. Phone sex operators make money by keeping people on the line for as long as possible. The main characters engage in long, meandering conversations that are somewhat realistic but it's not really about the sex in the end, is it? It's more of a conversation by the author with himself on a variety of subjects, using the two characters to play out the different possibilities. My copy has a hot pink
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