Reviews round-up
Transcription
by Ben Lerner
4 of 6 critics positive
6 reviews: 2 raves, 2 positives, 2 mixed
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“dazzling new novel”
‘Facing the Past’ | Christopher Tayler
Rave
Read the review ↗“a stunning exploration of technology and storytelling”
Transcription by Ben Lerner review – a stunning exploration of technology and storytelling
Positive
Read the review ↗“A Novel as Slim as an iPhone Has a Lot to Say About Technology”
A Novel as Slim as an iPhone Has a Lot to Say About Technology
Positive
Read the review ↗“The Ample Rewards of Ben Lerner’s Slender New Novel”
The Ample Rewards of Ben Lerner’s Slender New Novel
Mixed
Read the review ↗“signals an anxiety about his own artistic”
Christian Lorentzen · I sympathise with the child: Ben Lerner’s ‘Transcription’
Mixed
Read the review ↗“a dense, slippery meditation on technology and filial strife”
Ben Lerner’s anxious generations
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