David Rabe: “My Friend Pinocchio”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is David Rabe’s “My Friend Pinocchio.”
Samanta Schweblin: “A Visit from the Chief”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Samanta Schweblin’s “A Visit from the Chief,” translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell.
Sheila Heti: “The St. Alwynn Girls at Sea”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Sheila Heti’s “The St. Alwynn Girls at Sea.”
Pat Barker: The Voyage Home
Here’s hoping that the latest in Pat Barker’s series following the Trojan War, The Voyage Home, is not the last!
Charles Dickens: David Copperfield
I finally read what many consider to be the greatest novel Charles Dickens wrote, his 1850 Bildungsroman David Copperfield.
Lee Chang-dong: “The Leper”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Lee Chang-dong’s “The Leper,” translated from the Korean by Heinz Insu Fenkl.
Lauren Goff: “Between the Shadow and the Soul”
This week’s New Yorker story is Lauren Goff’s “Between the Shadow and the Soul.”