{"product_id":"10-04books","title":"10:04","description":"  \u003cb\u003eFollowing the international buzz for his debut, \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Atocha Station\u003c\/i\u003e, comes \u003ci\u003e10:04\u003c\/i\u003e, Ben Lerner's electric second novel that blends artistry and wit, intelligence and tenderness. A unique collision between art and life by an extraordinary young writer. For readers of Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Lethem, Sheila Heti.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Atocha Station\u003c\/i\u003e was hailed as \"one of the truest (and funniest) novels...of his generation\" (Lorin Stein, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e), \"a work so luminously original in style and form as to seem like a premonition, a comet from the future\" (Geoff Dyer, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e). Now Lerner's second novel departs from \u003ci\u003eAtocha\u003c\/i\u003e's exquisite ironies in order to explore new territories of thought and feeling.\u003cbr\u003e     In the last year, the narrator of \u003ci\u003e10:04\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e     In prose that 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 has changed our relation to both our present and our past. Exploring sex, friendship, medicine, memory, art, and politics, \u003ci\u003e10:04\u003c\/i\u003e is both a riveting work of fiction and a brilliant examination of the role fiction plays in our lives.","brand":"Lerner, Ben","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":47672922046688,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0c071778-ed4d-41ff-a3d1-31104ebc6e4a.jpg?v=1755615444","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/10-04books","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}