{"id":54950,"date":"2013-06-25T16:14:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T20:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=54950"},"modified":"2013-06-25T18:19:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T22:19:30","slug":"ben-lerners-false-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/25\/ben-lerners-false-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Lerner\u2019s \u201cFalse Spring\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Park-Slope-Coop-600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54951\" alt=\"Park-Slope-Coop-600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Park-Slope-Coop-600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Park-Slope-Coop-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Park-Slope-Coop-600-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould I be thought of as the biological father, just a donor, not at all?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is the effect of sildenafil citrate on stout-bodied passerines?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was the annual per capita gross national income of China at the time of ejaculation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben Lerner\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/6222\/false-spring-ben-lerner\">False Spring<\/a>\u201d is full of many questions, but not many answers. Blame it on his being a poet; he prefers ambiguity to resolution. \u201cFalse Spring,\u201d just like his novel, <em>Leaving the Atocha Station<\/em>, can be read as a K\u00fcnstlerroman of sorts. Who knew a visit to the Park Slope Food Coop could be so transformative?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F98372059\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWould I be thought of as the biological father, just a donor, not at all?\u201d \u201cWhat is the effect of sildenafil citrate on stout-bodied passerines?\u201d \u201cWhat was the annual per capita gross national income of China at the time of ejaculation?\u201d Ben Lerner\u2019s \u201cFalse Spring\u201d is full of many questions, but not many answers. 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