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Comprehension Test
In this short story by the bestselling author Myla Goldberg (first published in 1998), a reading comprehension test examines our own capacity for empathy for a victim of the sort of crime that doesn't make headline news.
13 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 2, 2014
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Myla Goldberg
28 books385 followersMyla Goldberg is the bestselling author of Bee Season, Wickett's Remedy, and The False Friendas well as a children's book, Catching the Moon.
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February 7, 2020
The story behind the story....
From Myla Goldberg....
When I moved to New York City, I spent three years living in Manhattan‘s Chinatown. Having just come from a year living in Prague, I felt strangely at home in a neighborhood where I couldn’t understand most of the conversations around me— not that I have much choice in the matter. Chinatown was what I could afford, and not knowing anyone in the city, I’d been reliant on classified ads for apartment leads.
(This was in the dark ages before Craig’s List)
Myla wrote ‘Comprehension Test’ after the unsolved murder of a man on her block resulting in the dispiriting
appearance and unheralded disappearance of a WANTED poster match like the one that is featured in the story.
Powerful!
It takes 20 minutes to read.
From Myla Goldberg....
When I moved to New York City, I spent three years living in Manhattan‘s Chinatown. Having just come from a year living in Prague, I felt strangely at home in a neighborhood where I couldn’t understand most of the conversations around me— not that I have much choice in the matter. Chinatown was what I could afford, and not knowing anyone in the city, I’d been reliant on classified ads for apartment leads.
(This was in the dark ages before Craig’s List)
Myla wrote ‘Comprehension Test’ after the unsolved murder of a man on her block resulting in the dispiriting
appearance and unheralded disappearance of a WANTED poster match like the one that is featured in the story.
Powerful!
It takes 20 minutes to read.
Displaying 1 of 1 review