High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
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Author: Nick HornbyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-08-01
ISBN: 1573225517
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
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Book Review: "High Fidelity" meet "Bartleby"
Summary: 4 Stars
I read the 1853 (yes, 1853) short story by Herman Melville named "Bartleby, the Scrivener. A Story of Wall-street" the day before seeing the movie "High Fidelity." I am struck by the similarities between "Bartleby" and "High Fidelity." Both stories are about the boredom of dealing with records and copies of records. Both focus on the owner and his clerks. Both are about transitions:- In "High Fidelity", from youth/vinyls to adulthood/CDs
- In "Bartleby", from rural/farm to urban/industry
None of the reviews of this book that I have read have mentioned this relevance or "coincidence."
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