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Rivka Galchen Reads Aleksandar Hemon

The New Yorker: Fiction

CHAPTER

The Bees Part 1: Searching for Reality

The speaker explores the theme of reality and contradictions in the story 'The Bees Part 1' by Alexander Haman. They discuss the protagonist's distrust of movies and literature, while using those genres to express himself. They also delve into the challenges of displacement, language barriers, and the strong father-son relationship.

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