{"product_id":"the-topeka-school-paperback-1","title":"The Topeka School - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Lerner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTHE \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eTOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIME, GQ, Vulture, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTOP 10 BOOK of the YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALSO NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: \u003ci\u003eEsquire, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR\u003ci\u003e, Vogue, \u003c\/i\u003e Amazon, \u003ci\u003eKirkus, The Times \u003c\/i\u003e(UK), Buzzfeed, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e(UK), \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e (UK), Lit Hub, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e (UK), \u003ci\u003eThe New York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail \u003c\/i\u003e(UK), \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (UK), Electric Literature, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSPY.com, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand the New York Public Library \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003e10:04 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Atocha Station\u003c\/i\u003e, a tender and expansive family drama set in the American Midwest at the turn of the century: a tale of adolescence, transgression, and the conditions that have given rise to the trolls and tyrants of the New Right\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School, class of '97. His mother, Jane, is a famous feminist author; his father, Jonathan, is an expert at getting \"lost boys\" to open up. They both work at a psychiatric clinic that has attracted staff and patients from around the world. Adam is a renowned debater, expected to win a national championship before he heads to college. He is one of the cool kids, ready to fight or, better, freestyle about fighting if it keeps his peers from thinking of him as weak. Adam is also one of the seniors who bring the loner Darren Eberheart--who is, unbeknownst to Adam, his father's patient--into the social scene, to disastrous effect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeftly shifting perspectives and time periods, Ben Lerner's \u003ci\u003eThe Topeka School\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a family, its struggles and its strengths: Jane's reckoning with the legacy of an abusive father, Jonathan's marital transgressions, the challenge of raising a good son in a culture of toxic masculinity. It is also a riveting prehistory of the present: the collapse of public speech, the trolls and tyrants of the New Right, and the ongoing crisis of identity among white men.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Lerner\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1979. He has received fellowships from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and MacArthur Foundations, and is the author of the internationally acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Atocha Station \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e10:04\u003c\/i\u003e, and an essay, \u003ci\u003eThe Hatred of Poetry. \u003c\/i\u003eHis poetry collections include \u003ci\u003eThe Lichtenberg Figures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Angle of Yaw\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Mean Free Path\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eLerner is a professor of English at Brooklyn Colleg\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47250024497401,"sku":"9781250758002","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WlUzZ3JZMnZKVWZobmNyNzZhV0Fldz09_2a90cb63-594a-4a75-b903-db2dba8707ce.webp?v=1768653405","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-topeka-school-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}