Short Story - The Dinner Party

[filmfatale]

It's rare to find artfully composed contemporary short stories these days, short of published collections by Jhumpa Lahiri and the like. I was presently surprised to read something this good in the New Yorker. It's worth it:

The Dinner Party Joshua Ferris fiction

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[sarinda]

Wow. I'd almost forgotten about that one -- read it shortly after they posted it. Deliberately forgotten, it was a little distressing at the time.
On re-read, I'll agree with you. It's wonderfully crafted.