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Weike Wang Reads Lara Vapnyar

The New Yorker: Fiction

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The Unexpected Victory of Katja

Tanya has fully replicated Katja's doll's life. She's had her house painted red with yellow onings and she's got the chicken coop. Meanwhile, Katja lives in the city and has her freedom and can drive off anywhere. Do you feel like that sort of structural irony is too easy or do you feel like it's sort of unexpected?

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