A middle aged man had an affair with a twenty year old. The story takes place on a weekday excursion for privacy and intimacy that turns sour.
Author
Joyce Carol Oates
Publication
The New Yorker, March 24, 2025
Date Read
March 21, 2025
Paris Friend
A love story taking place online where the male narrator finds a woman he enjoys her presence online, but never meets her, so he travels to Paris to find her. But he encounters only the place where she used to write and the knowledge that she published his short story in the local French magazine. At the end, it seems the woman he went to meet was his mother, but it was vague. Translated from Chinese.
Author
Shang Xuetao
Publication
The New Yorker, December 2, 2024
Date Read
January 16, 2025
Prophecy
An Indian boy grows old enough to partake in the family real estate business. He’s unhappy there, though, and finds love with a girl who works in the floor above them. They go on to live a short happy marriage, where they have a child, who we find at the end narrates the story. A quick love story that’s full of superstition.
Author
Kanak Kapur
Publication
The New Yorker, January 13, 2025
Date Read
January 13, 2025
Revision
A young man works on his Oxford final papers and has conversations with Petra, a friend whose banker father has bad luck, but it’s more about his decision to ask for help and perform to his abilities.
Author
Daisy Hildyard
Publication
The New Yorker, December 23, 2024
Date Read
December 27, 2024
Hi Daddy
A man going through an empty nest loses his father.
Author
Matthew Klam
Publication
The New Yorker, October 14, 2024
Date Read
December 23, 2024