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The Weir
Original Fiction, Short Story
“He realizes how big the river is, now that he is inside it, how strong, how lost the woman must be, and how slim his chances are of finding her.”
“He realizes how big the river is, now that he is inside it, how strong, how lost the woman must be, and how slim his chances are of finding her.”
- GenresShort StoriesFiction
20 pages, ebook
First published November 9, 2015
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Mark Haddon
88 books4,070 followersMark Haddon is an English novelist, best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003). He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, the Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Writers Prize for his work.
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November 29, 2015
Lovely short story about life's complexities. Tender, a bit melancholic as well.
"He’s never thought of it this way—that a life is something held in common, that we lose a little of ourselves with every death. "
"He’s never thought of it this way—that a life is something held in common, that we lose a little of ourselves with every death. "
November 9, 2015
A short story on the New Yorker.
April 23, 2016
"He’s never thought of it this way—that a life is something held in common, that we lose a little of ourselves with every death. "
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