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Jamil Jan Kochai Reads Yiyun Li

The New Yorker: Fiction

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Is There a Story She Can't Tell?

The story is told through the eyes of a teacher and her student. The narrator becomes suspicious as she learns more about Lily's past. At one point, it feels like this understanding of truth and how truth can be told or whether it needs to be told is part of the central concerns of the story itself.

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