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Ben lerners debut novel, leaving the atocha station is one of the most compelling books about nothing ive ever read. Even in the face of tragedy, adam remains largely incapable of experiencing something like a real experience whatever that is. Leaving the atocha station tells the story of adam, a poet on a prestigious yearlong fellowship in madrid. Adam visits barcelona with teresa and goes out to buy them coffee and gets lost on the streets for 12 hours. If you are there for the first time, have some extra time to find your way. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Leaving the atocha station book the seattle public. Like lerners debut, leaving the atocha station, this is an extremely funny book, the narrators neuroses providing most of the laughs. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Ben lerners leaving the atocha station hyperallergic.
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Description of the book leaving the atocha station. Leaving the atocha station is a recent novel written by a young american poet who spent a year living in madrid as part of an academic fellowship. Adam gordon is a brilliant, if highly unreliable, young american poet on a prestigious fellowship in madrid, struggling to establish his sense of self and his relationship to art. Leaving the atocha station kindle edition by lerner, ben. Leaving the atocha station by ben lerner, paperback barnes. Find books like leaving the atocha station from the worlds largest community of readers. The guardians best books of 2011 shelf unbounds top ten of 2011 new statemans best books of 2011 a subtle, sinuous, and very funny first novel. It is also a revealing study of what its like to be a young american. He has received fellowships from the fulbright, guggenheim, and macarthur foundations, and is the author of two internationally acclaimed novels, leaving the atocha. Leaving the atocha station by ben lerner goodreads. It is the primary station serving commuter trains, regional. With other case, little folks like to read book leaving the atocha station. His debut novel leaving the atocha station was named one of the best books of 2011 by the wall street.
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