3min chapter

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

André Alexis Reads “Houyhnhnm”

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

CHAPTER

I Don't Want My Dad's Jokes to End

i didn't want my time with zan to end, because it was, in a way, time with my dad. When i was with him, i felt my dad's personality and his presence even. In another way too, by his own admission, zan knew very little about the world. He had been, he said, an outsider all his life. His exposure to other horses had been incidental and not intimate. But if it was true that forDad, zan represented a means to understanding another species, it was also true that for zan, my dad was a road to the human. It did not occur to me to seek professional help. I took solace in

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode