Ben Lerner’s <cite>Transcription</cite> Is a Brilliant Meditation on Tech

Authenticity, performance, the thin line between fact and fiction: these are, by now, the well-known central preoccupations of Ben Lerner’s fiction. His first novel, Leaving the Atocha Station, follows an American poet named Adam Gordon in Madrid in 2004, who witnesses the aftermath of the 11-M commuter train bombings. Adam is a divisive lead; he’s [&hellip;]