Yiyun Li's "The Science of Flight" The New Yorker Fiction: 20 Under 40 August 30, 2010 issue Yiyun Li's The Vagrants was one of my favourite novels of 2009. Simply tremendous. And I had to give myself a stern talking-to before embarking on "The Science of Flight" because I knew
Daniel Alarcón "Second Lives" The New Yorker Fiction: 20 Under 40 August 16/23, 2010 issue Daniel Alarcón's Q&A is one which I enjoyed particularly: for me, it has the perfect blend between playfulness and seriousness. For instance, he doesn't mind saying that the first pieces of fiction to have an
David Bezmozgis "The Train of Their Departure" The New Yorker Fiction: 20 Under 40 August 9, 2010 issue It was the inclusion of names like David Bezmosgis' in The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 list that got me keen on reading the series as a whole. I absolutely loved his
Téa Obreht "Blue Water Djinn" The New Yorker Fiction: 20 Under 40 August 2, 2010 issue We learn in the first paragraph that "Blue Water Djinn" is set in Egypt and a quick online search reveals beautiful images of Ras Um Sid (most of which are sneakily connected to advertisements for
Karen Russell "The Dredgeman's Revelation" The New Yorker Fiction: 20 Under 40 July 26, 2010 issue This is the first of The New Yorker's 20Under40 stories that has left me feeling absolutely certain that I'll be following up with a longer work by the writer. (Not including the writers whose work
