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André Alexis Reads “Houyhnhnm”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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The Second Time Zan Said, I Was Losing My Mind

I am still at how calm i was when, after we had spent months in each other's company, zan said, i don't suppose robert is coming back. Watching him speak was like watching an elephant gracefully pick up a pea. It should be impossible for you to speak, i said, it's taken a lot of work. He er, there are words i still can't say properly. That explains your accent. I said, idon't have an accent. Said, zan. This was the first of many instances in which i found it impossible to judge his attitude.

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