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It is also a revealing study of what its like to be a young american. Even in the face of tragedy, adam remains largely incapable of experiencing something like a real experience whatever that is. Leaving the atocha station is a more modest book than, for example, roths operation shylock, but still provides compelling narrative even without a grandiose plot. Leaving the atocha station is, centrally, about communication and. Leaving the atocha station is ben lerners first novel. The firstperson narrator of the novel, adam gordon, is an american poet in his early 20s participating in a prestigious fellowship in madrid circa 2004. Leaving the atocha station is remarkable for its ability to be simultaneously warm, ruminative, heartbreaking, and funny. Description of the book leaving the atocha station. Although leaving the atocha station might come off as a first person, autobiographical novel about the authors time in spain, the primary motivation behind its. Linguistically, leaving the atocha station is one of the most remarkable books i have read this year. Leaving the atocha station kindle edition by lerner, ben. 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.
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As long as we know about how is important the book leaving the atocha. In madrid, like one of herzens young men in a dressing gown, he. What leaving the atocha station says about america the. 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. Atocha books coins of the bible mel fishers treasures shipwreck jewelry treasure book treasure books. One of the best books from indie publishers in 2011. Leaving the atocha station lerner ben download bok. He teaches in the writing program at brooklyn college. Leaving the atocha station proves hes a droll and perceptive observer, and a firstrate novelist.
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