Ben Lerner

Transcription : a Novel

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ISBN 13:: 9780374618599
author:: Ben Lerner
format:: Hardcover
publisher:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2026
Pages:: 144
Dimensions:: 1 in x 8.2 in x 5.4 in
Genre:: Fiction
Condition:: New
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A lightning flash of a novel, Transcription is a gripping emotional drama and a brilliant examination of our digital and literary devices. When its narrator travels to Providence, Rhode Island, he conducts what will be the final published interview with his 90-year-old mentor, Thomas. However, disaster strikes when he drops his smartphone in the hotel sink. The narrator arrives at Thomas's house without a recording device, a fact he is mysteriously unable to confess. This dreamlike circumstance sets off a chain of events that forms an unforgettable story and a meditation on those technologies that enrich or impoverish our connection to one another. Haunted by Kafka, Ben Lerner combines trenchant insight with lyric mystery in this thought-provoking novel. Ultimately, Transcription demonstrates what only a work of fiction can record, exploring the devices we use to store-or erase-our memories and the air we breathe when we speak.

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