Leaving the Atocha Station
Book • 2011
'Leaving the Atocha Station' follows Adam, an American poet on a fellowship in Madrid, as he grapples with feelings of alienation and inauthenticity.
Adam struggles to connect with others and often feigns emotional responses to art and events.
The novel explores themes of perception, artifice, and the search for genuine experiences in a world saturated with images and information.
Lerner blurs the line between fiction and autobiography, inviting readers to question the nature of reality and the role of the artist in society.
Through Adam's experiences, Lerner offers a meditation on the complexities of human connection and the challenges of finding meaning in contemporary life.
Adam struggles to connect with others and often feigns emotional responses to art and events.
The novel explores themes of perception, artifice, and the search for genuine experiences in a world saturated with images and information.
Lerner blurs the line between fiction and autobiography, inviting readers to question the nature of reality and the role of the artist in society.
Through Adam's experiences, Lerner offers a meditation on the complexities of human connection and the challenges of finding meaning in contemporary life.
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