{"product_id":"1004-a-novel-9781250081339","title":"10:04: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning, urgent, and original novel from Ben Lerner (\u003ci\u003eThe Topeka School\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Atocha Station\u003c\/i\u003e) about making art, love, and children during the twilight of an empire.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e's 2012 Terry Southern Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A Finalist for the 2014 Folio Prize and the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the last year, the narrator of \u003ci\u003e10:04\u003c\/i\u003e has enjoyed unlikely literary success, has been diagnosed with a potentially fatal medical condition, and has been asked by his best friend to help her conceive a child. In a New York of increasingly frequent superstorms and social unrest, he must reckon with his own mortality and the prospect of fatherhood in a city that might soon be underwater. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A writer whose work Jonathan Franzen has called \"hilarious . . . cracklingly intelligent . . . and original in every sentence,\" Lerner captures what it's like to be alive now when the difficulty of imagining a future is changing our relationship to both the present and the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed One of the Best Books of the Year By: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e NPR \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (London) \u003ci\u003eThe L Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement \u003c\/i\u003e(London) \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail \u003c\/i\u003e(Toronto) \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGawker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Kansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Daily Forward\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Lerner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250081339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2015 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/20\/2015 pg. 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBen Lerner was born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1979. He has been a Fulbright Fellow, a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry, a Howard Foundation Fellow, and a Guggenheim Fellow. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Atocha Station\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2012 Believer Book Award, and excerpts from \u003ci\u003e10:04\u003c\/i\u003e have been awarded \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Terry Southern Prize. He has published three\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003epoetry collections: \u003ci\u003eThe Lichtenberg Figures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Angle of Yaw\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Mean Free Path\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eLerner is a professor of English at Brooklyn College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44697613893747,"sku":"9781250081339","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a49cc719-db22-426f-bc45-533d955ceaf7.jpg?v=1775243184","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/1004-a-novel-9781250081339","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}