{"product_id":"the-fermata-nicholson-baker-1st-edition","title":"The Fermata, Nicholson Baker — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: New York, Random House, 1994\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8vo, pp. [x], 303.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e: Very Good. The quarter black cloth binding remains tight and secure, with the foil stamping on the spine bright and unoxidised. The cream boards are clean with sharp corners. The primary white dust jacket shows some general surface grubbiness and light shelf-wear common to this matte design. The fragile, translucent glassine bellyband is present and intact, though it bears a few minor creases and slight edgewear to the extremities. The textblock is square, and the internal pages are clean, bright, and free from any markings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eCatalogue Note: First US Edition, first printing, with the number line \"2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3\" indicating a first printing according to Random House's contemporary practices (accompanied by the \"First Edition\" statement). Unlike the UK first edition of this novel, which features a black and green cover, this US edition is bound in quarter black cloth over cream boards and enveloped in a white dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eCrucially, this copy retains the original and often-lost translucent publisher's glassine bellyband (or wraparound), which features the title and author details. Though the print run was substantial, finding copies with the fragile bellyband fully intact is becoming increasingly uncommon on the open market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eA modern, provocative exploration of voyeurism and chronological manipulation, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"86\"\u003eThe Fermata\u003c\/i\u003e follows Arno Strine, a thirty-five-year-old office temp who discovers he possesses a unique gift: the ability to pause time. Strine uses this \"chronomaly\" to wander through a frozen world, indulging in elaborate, consequence-free sexual fantasies and philosophical musings. Nicholson Baker's signature hyper-focused prose turns a morally questionable premise into a darkly comedic and linguistically acrobatic novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54363028357459,"sku":"4682","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260717_184213.jpg?v=1784621101","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-fermata-nicholson-baker-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}