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Jamil Jan Kochai Reads Yiyun Li

The New Yorker: Fiction

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I Don't Want to Call My Former Lover

He asked me to forgive him, Lily said. Do you think I should call him? He asked me if I would be willing to talk on the phone. It's only a phone call. You won't see each other. Say a few nice things. The two countries were to blame. Not the two of you. When Lily finally called, the man had no words, but only tears and she listened to him sob. But they gave my contact information to him. He wrote and asked about my family, and told me a few things about his wife and daughters. Everything was fine then, I thought. A love story had arrived at a tranquil ending.

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