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Jhumpa Lahiri Reads William Trevor

The New Yorker: Fiction

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You Could Call It a Life

The story is set entirely in the course of one day in the life of a woman. The author says she has no idea how much of what Mrs. Lathwaist thinks is true and how much of her fantasy life we should believe. "I think I'm still at the stage where I want to be clear and keep the reader moving forward"

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