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Madeleine Thien Reads Yoko Ogawa

The New Yorker: Fiction

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Caffeterias - The Same Effect on Me as Pools

When i was a child, my grandfather took me to an old factory where they used to make chocolate. After that, caffeterias had the same effect on me as pools did. I wish i could explain how i felt at that moment, but i can't. Even now, the rattle of plastic dishes or footsteps of someone reporting for kitchen duty can bring back every detail of that scene.

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