{"id":27930,"date":"2020-06-29T12:50:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T16:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=27930"},"modified":"2020-06-29T12:50:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T16:50:23","slug":"hari-kunzru-a-transparent-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2020\/06\/29\/hari-kunzru-a-transparent-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Hari Kunzru: “A Transparent Woman”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“A Transparent Woman”<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Hari Kunzru<\/span>
\nfrom the July 6 & 13, 2020 issue of\u00a0The New Yorker<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/h3><\/div>

\"\"W<\/span>hile I have read anything by Hari Kunru, I certainly have seen his name come up a lot over the past several years. Some of his books have been up for awards I follow (2017’s\u00a0White Tears<\/em>, for example, was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize<\/a>), he has judged awards I follow (for example the 2018 Man Booker International Prize<\/a>), and he writes often for magazines I follow (see his article<\/a> in the July 2, 2020 issue of\u00a0The New York Review of Books<\/em>). “A Transparent Woman” is the first time he’s published fiction in\u00a0The New Yorker<\/em>. It is adapted from a chapter of his forthcoming novel\u00a0Red Pill<\/em>, though it looks like one that should stand alone as well.<\/p>\n

From his interview with Deborah Treisman<\/a> (I haven’t read the story yet), “A Transparent Woman” is about “a young woman unwillingly recruited as a Stasi informer in East Berlin in the early eighties.”<\/p>\n

Sounds intriguing!<\/p>\n

We have two weeks to read this story, so I hope you find the time and will share some of your thoughts here! I hope everyone has a good week!<\/p>\n<\/div>