How do we imagine the future? 10:04, the breathtaking novel from Ben Lerner, is a moving, deeply thoughtful examination of possibility. The narrator finds sudden literary success, only to learn he suffers from a potentially fatal heart condition; he struggles with anxiety over his mortality while facing the prospect of fatherhood in a New York City besieged by climate change and growing political unrest. It is the smartest, most compelling novel of the year. And the pleasures of Lerner’s writing are only amplified by rereading. If you read 10:04 once, you will want to read it again, and you’ll want to read Lerner’s previous work, too (both his fiction and poetry), and you will definitely want to watch Back to the Future. (And you should!)
— Jacob, Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA
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