Written Reviews

Kanak Kapur: “Prophecy”

January 6, 2025

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Kanak Kapur’s “Prophecy.”

Charles Dickens: David Copperfield

December 27, 2024

I finally read what many consider to be the greatest novel Charles Dickens wrote, his 1850 Bildungsroman David Copperfield.

Lee Chang-dong: “The Leper”

December 23, 2024

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Lee Chang-dong’s “The Leper,” translated from the Korean by Heinz Insu Fenkl.

Daisy Hildyard: “Revision”

December 19, 2024

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Daisy Hildyard’s “Revision.”

Lauren Goff: “Between the Shadow and the Soul”

December 9, 2024

This week’s New Yorker story is Lauren Goff’s “Between the Shadow and the Soul.”

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