by Nicholson Baker, Margaret Brentano · Tapa dura · ISBN 9780821261934
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«The World on Sunday» is the graphic-art history book by Nicholson Baker and Margaret Brentano, published by Bulfinch in hardcover, in English.
It surveys the graphic art of the Sunday supplement of Joseph Pulitzer's New York World (1898-1911), when the newspaper combined sensationalism and investigative journalism with great visual richness. It brings together caricatures, comics, hand-drawn lettering, photographs and maps by legendary illustrators, with an introductory essay by Baker and commentary by Brentano.
The first edition, published on September 29, 2005, includes bibliographic references and an index.
For those interested in the history of journalism, graphic design and American illustration of the early twentieth century.
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Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as The Mezzanine and Room Temperature were distinguished by their minute inspection of his characters' and narrators' stream of consciousness. Out of a total of ten novels, three are erotica: Vox, The Fermata and House of Holes.
