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Well, dammit. A straight, white, male, cis author has quickly become one of my favorites. I guess it was bound to happen again someday. Good for you, Ben Lerner!
Naturally, one of the reasons I love Ben Lerner's narrators is that they stand in sharp opposition to the caricature of American Maleness being promoted by incels, Fox news and those motherfuckers running to lead the country. By the way, if you're offended by my political comments, you probably won't like this book, and you really won't like The Topeka School, which in part correlates the rise of Trumpism with violent masculinity and the elitist, exclusionary treatment of others.
Not much happens in this book, and most of what happens is going on in the narrator's head. And this is what I find most exceptional about Lerner - his ability to break down the infinitely complicated layers of thoughts, emotions, and judgements that take place in our minds over the course of what may be a few seconds and lay them out like train tracks. It's both instantly recognizable (for those of us cursed with self-awareness) and annoyingly impressive. I would be shocked if he weren't a meditator, because the amount of space he can breathe into a moment is not easy to accomplish as a regular American human. I'm looking forward to reading more of his work, despite my jealousy.
Naturally, one of the reasons I love Ben Lerner's narrators is that they stand in sharp opposition to the caricature of American Maleness being promoted by incels, Fox news and those motherfuckers running to lead the country. By the way, if you're offended by my political comments, you probably won't like this book, and you really won't like The Topeka School, which in part correlates the rise of Trumpism with violent masculinity and the elitist, exclusionary treatment of others.
Not much happens in this book, and most of what happens is going on in the narrator's head. And this is what I find most exceptional about Lerner - his ability to break down the infinitely complicated layers of thoughts, emotions, and judgements that take place in our minds over the course of what may be a few seconds and lay them out like train tracks. It's both instantly recognizable (for those of us cursed with self-awareness) and annoyingly impressive. I would be shocked if he weren't a meditator, because the amount of space he can breathe into a moment is not easy to accomplish as a regular American human. I'm looking forward to reading more of his work, despite my jealousy.