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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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Is Your Dad Really Reading the Letter?

Gabriella, loved ti part. Your dad would interject with an enthusiasm that was both moving and painful for you. I remember thinking that those peop didn't deserve your hatred, or any one else's but i didn't say so. At one point, out of nowhere, you burst out crying. And i tried to console you. It's just, your dad makes me so mad. Then came a long si, an important and pleasant one, like some one memoriziing a shopen list. Do you think your dad is ever going to read the letter? You ask me then i had just told you about the letter,. Yet i felt as though that part of

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