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

Alejandro Zambra Reads “Skyscrapers”

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

CHAPTER

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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