Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Annie Proulx’s “Rough Deeds” was originally published in the June 10 & 17, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. Of all the stories in this week’s issue, the one I was most looking
Trevor reviews Anna Seghers’ semi-autobiographical 1944 novel about those attempting to escape World War II by flocking to Marseille, Transit, translated from the German by Margot Bettauer Dembo. Read the full post.
Click here to read the abstract of the story on The New Yorker webpage (this week’s story is available only for subscribers). Dashiell Hammett’s “An Inch and a Half of Glory” was originally published in the June 10 & 17, 2013 issue of The New Yorker. It’s time for the summer fiction issue of The New
Today they announced the shortlist for the 2013 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award: Tea at the Midland and Other Stories, by David Constantine Siege 13, by Tamas Dobozy Black Vodka, by Deborah Levy Black Dahlia & White Rose, by Joyce Carol Oates We’re Flying, by Peter Stamm Battleborn, by Claire Vaye Watkins The winner
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