- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Vintage Books; Reissue edition (Jan 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679742115
- ISBN-13: 978-0679742111
- Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 1.4 x 20.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 997,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the first novel of Bakers ive read.It is also the first ever erotic piece of work i've read, so it is fair to say i did not know what to expect.The book focuses on dialogue between two people engaged in erotic chat.The details are sharp,graphic and do not leave much to the imagination!!!However, as a female who just reads for pleasure, i did not find it pornographic.Indeed it was very tastefully done, and i enjoyed the interjection of the awkward moments of embarassement as they shared their intimacies and fantasies together.For some reason , i seemed to find it very americanised, and although a novel idea when first published, would seem old hat now with the growing popularity of
phone and cybersex.I did find parts of the dialogue unneccessary and cumbersome , making me want to scream out and say "hurry up and get on with it"!.However, it was an enjoyable easy read and did not take long for me to finish it.Baker certainly is able to paint pictures with his verbiage though and it certainly makes me want to read more of his work. This is not the sort of book i would lend my granny but i have urged my husband to read it!!!
phone and cybersex.I did find parts of the dialogue unneccessary and cumbersome , making me want to scream out and say "hurry up and get on with it"!.However, it was an enjoyable easy read and did not take long for me to finish it.Baker certainly is able to paint pictures with his verbiage though and it certainly makes me want to read more of his work. This is not the sort of book i would lend my granny but i have urged my husband to read it!!!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A man and a woman meet on an adult chat-line. They discuss their sexual fantasies. They might speak again, there again, they might not.
This is kind of cute, kind of funny, kind of sexy but not very, certainly not pornographic. Read it once, on your own, just in case there are any bits that really do turn you on; then read it again on public transport, watch who's watching you: a fun game to play :-)
This is kind of cute, kind of funny, kind of sexy but not very, certainly not pornographic. Read it once, on your own, just in case there are any bits that really do turn you on; then read it again on public transport, watch who's watching you: a fun game to play :-)
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
While not quite the mind-altering classic that is Baker's earlier 'The Mezzanine', 'Vox' still has much to recommend it. A wonderfully simple scenario, two slightly unbelievably clever and articulate protagonists, and the truly life-affirming frankness with which sex in all its guises is discussed. Once again Baker has forcibly uncovered areas of life little talked about, described them with his unique combination of photographic precision and aching emotional attachment, and in the process made them somehow glorious.
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Nicholson Baker is a writer in detail - and having read Room Temperature and The Mezzanine I was looking forward to Vox. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Eileen Shaw
Depends how your mind works
Some people seem to like this book, and Nicholson Baker's work in general, but there seems to be as many turned off by his style. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2007 by Martin Harley
A gentle, witty insight into the world of phone chatlines.
Having also read Fermata by Baker, I was aware of the manner in which he is able to describe everyday events with a precision that opens up the characters to the reader. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2000 by asdunne@cwcom.net
Funny and sexy
The scenarios in this book are both sexy and entertaining. It describes both the intermittent moments of awkwardness and the sometimes bizarre leaps of imagination common to us... Read more
Published on 17 Oct 1999
Monotonous
I found this book contrived and unsexy. Even if the essance of it is an essentially contrived situation, it does not carry it through to be credible. Boring and very wooden. Read more
Published on 20 April 1999
Phone conversation, too long
I am aware that this work is a somewhat of a classic in its genre. However, I found it dragging in several spots in the book. Overall, I was bored reading the title.
Published on 1 Dec 1998
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