Category: New Yorker 2008

May 8, 2008

>The New Yorker: "A Man Like Him" by Yiyun Li

>Despite an ending that is slightly disappointing (although don’t ask me what would be better; I just know that I was hoping for a…
May 2, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Them Old Cowboy Songs" by Annie Proulx

>For some reason, the fiction this week isn’t online. Could be they couldn’t get the rights since Proulx’s new story collection is coming out…
April 24, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Bullfighting" by Roddy Doyle

>It’s a pleasant story. Good, even. Not great, though. Probably not memorable. Donal and his Dublin Pals Seán, Gerry and Ken get together every…
April 21, 2008

>The New Yorker: "The Repatriates" by Sana Krasikov

>Lera and Grisha have moved to the U.S. for his work, first for HP and then for Morgan Stanley. But Grisha wants more; he…
April 12, 2008

>The New Yorker: "The Lie" by T. Coraghessan Boyle

>I love a story about a liar, and Lonnie is a big one. He and his wife Clover wake up after a night of…
April 4, 2008

>The New Yorker: "The House Behind a Weeping Cherry" by Ha Jin

>Until its monumentally weak ending, this is a terrific story. But the sappy, let’s-run-away-together ending completely undermines what makes the rest of the story…
March 28, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Great Experiment" by Jeffrey Eugenides

>I’m not sure if I liked this story because of all the great specific references to Chicago or because the story and the protagonist…
March 21, 2008

>The New Yorker: "The Region of Unlikeness" by Rivka Galchen

>This story, if indeed it is a story and not an excerpt from the author’s forthcoming novel Atmospheric Disturbances, begins slowly, picks up speed…
March 13, 2008

>The New Yorker: "The Bell Ringer" by John Burnside

>It might be my fault that I didn’t like this story. I was in the mood to be transported and this didn’t do it…
March 7, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Raj, Bohemian" by Hari Kunzru

>Having just read Kunzru’s new novel, My Revolutions, I was looking forward to this story. Not that I loved the novel (a story for…