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Paul Yoon Reads “Valley of the Moon”

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

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The Ghost of Tongsu

Tongsu had been living on the farm for a few years by then. He had drunk too much wine and fallen asleep. One night when he opened his eyes to find someone crouched across from him on another stone. The man lifted a finger piercing the moonlight like a knife. What happened to your eyes said? When Tongsu didn't answer the man went on I've got the money please I need to get across. "I think you have me mixed up with someone else, Tongsu said."

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