The New Yorker: On-line Only A Q&A with one of the author's from the New Yorker's Fiction issue. Usually I don't read the fiction in the weekly issues because I find the main articles more stimulating. This issue (being almost all fiction) removes that restriction and has rewarded me well for this omission. The author interviewed wrote "The Very Rigid Search" about an American travelling to the Ukraine in search of the family that helped hide his family from the Nazi's. It developes smartly and reveals itself in some subtle ways that are almost distracting from the language barrier that is made palpable both in the dialogue and the writing style which is from the perspective of a native Ukranian who has learned some English. If the mag is still on the shelves, pick it up. Well worth a read in the park on an afternoon.
- posted by levinson @ 6/19/2001 11:58:00 AM