
Ben Lerner Reads Julio Cortázar
The New Yorker: Fiction
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In the Name of Bobby, by Julio Cortasa
ben learner reading, in the name of bobby, by julio cortasa. translated from the spanish by gregory rebasa. The story is about an eight-year-old boy who has a secret to tell his mother. He tells her that he would rather be face down than lying on his back like other children do. Ben learners reads: "Everything you think about is suddenly true, and almost always horrible"
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