The New Yorker: Fiction cover image

Madeleine Thien Reads Yoko Ogawa

The New Yorker: Fiction

CHAPTER

Is She Her Work?

"I kind of feel like the work is the man and the boy. They're looking for something," she says. Do you think this narrator is going to have a happy, long marriage? "There's something beautiful about that telegram that just says, good night, ye ye."

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner