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Madeleine Thien Reads Yoko Ogawa

The New Yorker: Fiction

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Is There a Cafeteria?

There was no cafeteria at the school in the neighborhood where we were before this, and it seemed a little sad. Of all the cafeterias we've seen, this one is definitely first class. We couldn't afford a phone, so we had to send telegrams when we wanted to get in touch with each other. Some riend sent a quilt as a wedding present. Our white dishes were lined up on the shelves and the washing machine was installed. All these items waited quietly for our new life to begin. My fiancee came one sunday and extended the porch to make the drying rack for clothes. He had found some cheap lumber for posts, which he embedded in

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