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Italo Calvino: “The Adventure of a Skier”

July 6, 2017June 26, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction Italo Calvino’s “The Adventure of a Skier,” translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.

Categories Italo Calvino, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2017 New Yorker Fiction 13 Comments

William Trevor: “The Piano Teacher’s Pupil”

July 12, 2017June 19, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is “The Piano Teacher’s Pupil,” by the wonderful and recently departed William Trevor.

Categories New Yorker Fiction, William Trevor Tags 2017 New Yorker Fiction 46 Comments

Andrew Sean Greer: “It’s a Summer Day”

June 16, 2017June 13, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Andrew Sean Greer’s “It’s a Summer Day,” which appears to be an excerpt from his forthcoming novel Less.

Categories Andrew Sean Greer, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2017 New Yorker Fiction 16 Comments

Curtis Sittenfeld: “Show Don’t Tell”

June 16, 2017May 29, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

This week we have The New Yorker summer fiction issue, featuring Curtis Sittenfeld’s “Show Don’t Tell,” which we’ll be discussing in this post.

Categories Curtis Sittenfeld, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2017 New Yorker Fiction 17 Comments

Will Mackin: “Crossing the River No Name”

June 16, 2017May 29, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

This week we have The New Yorker summer fiction issue, featuring Will Mackin’s “Crossing the River No Name,” which we’ll be discussing in this post.

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Will Mackin Tags 2017 New Yorker Fiction 6 Comments

Sherman Alexie: “Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest”

June 16, 2017May 29, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

This week we have The New Yorker summer fiction issue, featuring Sherman Alexie’s “Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest,” which we’ll be discussing in this post.

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Sherman Alexie Tags 2017 New Yorker Fiction 17 Comments

Samanta Schweblin: “The Size of Things”

June 16, 2017May 22, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Samanta Schweblin’s “The Size of Things,” translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell.

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Samanta Schweblin Tags 2017 New Yorker Fiction 20 Comments

Samantha Hunt: “A Love Story”

June 16, 2017May 15, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Samantha Hunt’s “A Love Story.”

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Samantha Hunt 15 Comments

Etgar Keret: “Fly Already”

June 16, 2017May 8, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Etgar Keret’s “Fly Already,” translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston.

Categories Etgar Keret, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2017 New Yorker Fiction 21 Comments

Yiyun Li: “A Small Flame”

June 16, 2017May 1, 2017 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Yiyun Li’s “A Small Flame.”

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Yiyun Li 38 Comments
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