The inner thoughts of a dead man. Very close narrative of a fifties man who recently died and decided to go on runs around a local park.
Author
Rivka Galchen
Publication
The New Yorker, January 1&8, 2024
Date Read
January 6, 2024
Ramblings of a web developer and sometimes writer
The inner thoughts of a dead man. Very close narrative of a fifties man who recently died and decided to go on runs around a local park.
Rivka Galchen
The New Yorker, January 1&8, 2024
January 6, 2024
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