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

Madeleine Thien Reads Yoko Ogawa

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

CHAPTER

Exploring the Fictional World and Characters

The speakers analyze the author's ability to create an imagined world and discuss the narrator's character and prospects of a happy marriage. They also discuss the ending and its positive tone despite not being a fairytale ending, while giving an introduction to Yoko Ogawa and Madeleine Thien's notable works.

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