![]() ![]() I loved the story then, and I loved it this time around. This was another re-read for me as well, from early last year. I've read several of Millhauser's stories in magazines he's another author I want to seek out an anthology of. The Wizard of West Orange by Steven Millhauser. It reaches a slightly cloying but still satisfying ending.ΔΆ7. The story is built around what the boy thinks as he's listening to the music. The boy's father escaped before atrocities against the Jews started the teacher was not so lucky. ![]() Most of the action takes place as the boy watches a violin recital in his living room, given by a renowned Eastern European who had taught the boy's father in the old country. Another one that skirts the edges of genre: is the main character, a young boy, really gifted with the ability to connect with the dead, or is it all in his over-active and overly empathic imagination? The author lets you decide. The Worst You Ever Feel by Rebecca Makkai. ![]() ![]() The rest of the anthology, now that I'm off the phone. ![]()
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