Anthony Marra
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400 short stories: story 307
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Leopard” author: Anthony Marra year: 2015 where: A bed on the 33rd floor. note: There’s a description near the end where the narrator, Roman, considers all the folks responsible for erasing people, and it makes me think of the book Ordinary Men. a line: “It takes nothing less than the whole might of the state…
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400 short stories: story 305
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Chechnya” author: Anthony Marra year: 2010 where: kitchen table, Abu Dhabi note: Marra’s novel is on my list. a line: “Time was marked not by minutes but by men. Eight one night, eleven the next. Each felt like a porcupine between her legs. Men from Rome, Naples, and Palermo. Men from Scotland, Luxembourg, and Germany. American…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 