10:04

10:04
	First edition (US)
Author	Ben Lerner
Language	English
Genre	Autofiction, metafiction
Publisher	Farrar, Straus and Giroux (US); Granta (UK); McClelland & Stewart (Canada)
Publication date	2014
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback); e-book
Pages	256
ISBN	978-1847088918

10:04 is the second novel by the American writer Ben Lerner.

Description

The novel belongs to the genres of autofiction and metafiction. The first-person narrator is a 33-year-old writer who lives in New York City. A successful novelist, he has recently been diagnosed with a heart condition that could prove fatal. The book deals with love, art, city life, illness, having children, and writing.

Reception

The critical reception of 10:04 has been largely positive. In 2024, the New York Times Book Review ranked the book #62 on their list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far).

Awards

The novel was shortlisted for the 2014 Folio Prize.

References

↑ Garner, Dwight (September 3, 2014). "With Storms Outside, Inner Conflicts Swirl". New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
↑ World Archipelago. "10:04: A Novel". Macmillan. Archived from the original on August 16, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
↑ "WARM CORE: The Unusually Associative Cyclonic System of Ben Lerner's 10:04". December 18, 2014.
↑ Staff, The New York Times Books (July 8, 2024). "The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 10, 2026.
↑ Tierra Innovation (February 9, 2015). "The 2015 Folio Prize Shortlist". theparisreview.org. Retrieved March 7, 2015.

External links

Review by Hari Kunzru in The New York Times
Review by Catherine O'Flynn in The Guardian
Review by Jonathan Gibbs in The Independent

[1] Garner, Dwight (September 3, 2014). "With Storms Outside, Inner Conflicts Swirl". New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2015.

[macmillan-2] World Archipelago. "10:04: A Novel". Macmillan. Archived from the original on August 16, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.

[3] "WARM CORE: The Unusually Associative Cyclonic System of Ben Lerner's 10:04". December 18, 2014.

[4] Staff, The New York Times Books (July 8, 2024). "The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 10, 2026.

[5] Tierra Innovation (February 9, 2015). "The 2015 Folio Prize Shortlist". theparisreview.org. Retrieved March 7, 2015.