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Alejandro Zambra Reads “Skyscrapers”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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'I Can't. I Don't Know You'

I loved those rare moments when i was left in charge of the store. The plan was for me to eventually work there if sales ever picked up. I wanted to leave the book, but miguel went out to buy a couple of coffees from las lanzas. Let's go eat at dante, miguel said, how can i go ean with you when i don't even know you? We ate some tacareto sandwiches and drank a few beers,. prolonging the joy of that new phrase that worked for anything, resolved thing.

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