Introduction

This month we're going to hear truth and fiction by sylvia townsend warner, which was published in the new yorker in december of 19 61. The story was chosen by elif batuman, whose most recent novel,. either or was published earlier this year. i'm very interested in stories that represent how real experience gets transmuted into stories. And it was cool to se that thematized. Clive saw what the boy was looking at. A stranger carrying a bag. Of course, that was the answer.