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The Knocking
Free online fiction from the New Yorker.
Short story about a man listening to his upstairs neighbor make knocking and hammering sounds…
Short story about a man listening to his upstairs neighbor make knocking and hammering sounds…
- GenresShort Stories
4 pages, ebook
First published March 15, 2010
15 people want to read
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David Means
35 books170 followersDavid Means is an American short story writer and novelist based in Nyack, New York. His stories have appeared in many publications, including Esquire, The New Yorker, and Harper's. They are frequently set in the Midwest or the Rust Belt, or along the Hudson River in New York.
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June 10, 2025
This is why I like literary awards (and not just the Booker!) I discovered American author David Means today because he has just won this year’s PEN/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. And 'The Knocking' with its microscopic view of life in a New York apartment building is near-perfect.
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