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George Saunders Reads “Thursday”

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

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A Familial Event Brings Out Violent Tendencies in the Speaker

In the years to come, the speaker often found himself waiting for an excuse or opportunity to pummel someone due to the emotional intensity of this family event./nThe speaker compares their desire to pummel someone to a young person who is finally able to pursue the family business when they first hold an instrument./nClara, on the other hand, would experience being pummeled multiple times in the future.

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