New Uses for Failure: Ben Lerner's 10:04 (...Afterwords) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780999431610)

A quick-witted how to manual for anyone who wants to understand autofiction

Literary Nonfiction. A brave new mode of literature has been emerging in the work of Sheila Heti, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and others. Call it what you will; Adam Colman calls it essayistic fiction. In this sharp, playful book, Colman dives deep into Ben Lerner's 10:04 to create a how to manual for anyone who wants to write, or simply understand, essayistic fiction. A manifesto, a critical analysis, and a winking work of satire, NEW USES FOR FAILURE marks the arrival of a sparkling new genre. This is part of Fiction Advocate's Afterwords series.

Adam Colman writes about writing with a unique take on literature and in a fresh voice. His criticism is lively, witty, and has an engaging style more usually seen in a novel. Colman is a thoughtful narrator of his ideas, and a playful reader: he approaches Ben Lerner's writing on its terms, and on his own. NEW USES FOR FAILURE is calling for a different kind of criticism, in which its writer is self-conscious and knows himself/herself to be unreliable, also. Bravo --Lynne Tillman

Author: Adam Colman
ISBN-10: 0999431617
ISBN-13: 9780999431610
Publisher: Fiction Advocate
Language: English
Published: 11/20/2018
Pages: 154
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 5.90h x 4.00w x 0.40d