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Ben Lerner

10:04 Audio CD – Import, 23 September 2014

by Ben Lerner (Author)

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In the last year, the narrator of 10:04 has enjoyed unexpected literary success, has been diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart condition, and has been asked by his best friend to help her conceive a child, despite his dating a rising star in the visual arts. In a New York of increasingly frequent super storms and political unrest, he must reckon with his biological mortality, the possibility of a literary afterlife, and the prospect of (unconventional) fatherhood in a city that might soon be under water. Exploring sex, friendship, medicine, memory, art, and politics, 10:04 is both a riveting work of fiction and a brilliant examination of the role fiction plays in our lives.

Language

English
Publisher

Dreamscape Media Llc
Publication date

23 September 2014
Reading age

18 years and up
Dimensions

15.34 x 2.87 x 12.8 cm
ISBN-10

163379010X
ISBN-13

978-1633790100
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About the Author

Ben Lerner is a poet, novelist, essayist, and critic. He has been a Fulbright scholar, a finalist for the National Book Award, a Howard Foundation fellow, and a Guggenheim fellow. In 2011 he won the Preis der Stadt Müenster für Internationale Poesie, the first American to receive this honor. He is the author of a novel, Leaving the Atocha Station, and the poetry collections The Lichtenberg Figures, Angle of Yaw, and Mean Free Path. Lerner is a professor of English at Brooklyn College.

Eric Michael Summerer is a voice actor and producer who has narrated numerous audiobooks, as well as countless instructional recordings and video games. He is an Audie award finalist (for Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End) and shares an AudioFile Earphones Award (for William Gibson's Burning Chrome). In addition, Eric co-hosts the popular boardgame podcast The Dice Tower.

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Publisher : Dreamscape Media Llc; Unabridged edition (23 September 2014)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 163379010X
ISBN-13 : 978-1633790100
Reading age : 18 years and up
Item Weight : 181 g
Dimensions : 15.34 x 2.87 x 12.8 cm

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Dissappointed

Reviewed in India on 13 December 2015

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One of the books, which has no flow....

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Fascinating

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 March 2020

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This is unlike anything else I have read this year, at times a fascinating meditation on the American psychological state and at times an interesting interpersonal story. Lerner has either learnt or forced himself not to be so sexist since his poetry days and has done a decent job of writing female characters in this book. Good to see some progress in a writer - plus if you were born in the 80s you'll enjoy all the references!

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Matthew

A bit of a ramble

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 November 2019

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I think this might be a book that benefits from being read in a single sitting. I found it very easy to lose the thread of what was going on but this might be because I was not very structured in my reading. I got a bit lost in some places and felt that there was lots of connections that I missed. Having said that I did enjoy the writing in places and (spoiler alert, don't read any more if you don't want any ...) did enjoy the sex scene though I'm not sure if I felt sorry for the author and his best friend or not. It seems quite sad that they had such a close friendship, close enough to want a child together, but couldn't quite make it work as a partnership.

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John Mccutcheon

A good novel

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 January 2021

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Lerner's prose is always readable in this interesting novel of ideas. There are some excellent uses of language and ideas. However some of the ideas don't quite come off and some parts of the narrative are stronger than others.On

davidmcewen

Excellent performance by the reader on Audible

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 January 2021

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The book raised some interesting ideas. The first person narrator was likeable. But it is not the kind of novel I like. I found it difficult to follow though the reader read it well

Michael Samuel

Complex and Experimental– 10:04 does not disappoint.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 March 2015

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Ben Lerner's writing has always gripped me, and '10:04' was no exception to read. It's clever rendering of narratives– both factual and fictional– provided a fascinating and sometimes brilliantly frustrating book, that was complex and experimental. Fans of Lerner will recognise a number of key styles and characters that are characteristic to his writing, notably the dry, self awareness that could potentially be infuriating to some, whilst for others suggests a mature and reflecting author.

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