
Nicole Krauss Reads “Shelter”
The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
Cohen's Story of the Birth of a Child
Cohen saw the ancient line of daughters dedicated to being nothing like the mothers their own mothers had been. The baby experienced his first defecation and screamed, so much screaming at the start of life. In her eyes Cohen felt himself for a moment magnificently reflected. By the time Cohen was ready to leave the hospital the banks were closed, and having no way to replace his lost cars, he borrowed two hundred checkles from Nava's mother.
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