Leïla Slimani: “The Confession”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Leïla Slimani’s “The Confession,” translated from the French by Sam Taylor.
New Yorker Fiction
T. Coraghessan Boyle: “Asleep at the Wheel”
This week’s New Yorker story is T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “Asleep at the Wheel.”
Emma Cline: “What Can You Do with a General”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Emma Cline’s”What Can You Do with a General.”
Haruki Murakami: “Cream”
This week’s New Yorker story is Haruki Murakami’s “Cream,” translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.
Salvatore Scibona: “Do Not Stop”
This week’s New Yorker story is Salvatore Scibona’s “Do Not Stop,” an excerpt from his forthcoming novel The Volunteer.
Amos Oz: “All Rivers”
This week’s New Yorker story is Amos Oz’s “All Rivers,” translated from the Hebrew by Philip Simpson.
Taymour Soomro: “Philosophy of the Foot”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Taymour Soomro’s debut, “Philosophy of the Foot.”
Mary Gaitskill: “Acceptance Journey”
This week’s New Yorker story — the last of 2018 — is Mary Gaitskill’s “Acceptance Journey.”
Linn Ullmann: “Time for the Eyes to Adjust”
This week’s New Yorker story is Linn Ullmann’s “Time for the Eyes to Adjust,” translated from the Norwegian by Thilo Reinhard. Where I was expecting something independent of her famous parents, what we get here is a deep exploration of the author’s life as the daughter of Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann.
