A review by knuckledown
Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner

2.0

I can recognize the achievement of this novel. It follows in the footsteps of [b:The Sun Also Rises|3876|The Sun Also Rises|Ernest Hemingway|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1331828228s/3876.jpg|589497]: a young American male living in Europe, more than a little lost. If I was someone who could fully enjoy Hemingway, I'm sure I would have enjoyed this novel as well. Instead I was able to appreciate the project from an intellectual distance. Although considering the detachment of the narrator, maybe that's what I was supposed to be doing all along.