The New Yorker
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Aysegul Savas on Individuality, Agency, and Ideas of Home
A story must be told from the perspective of its ending, borrowing authority from death.
Visits back home for the narrator are marked by a sense of guilt and lack of agency, impacting her interactions with family.
The introduction of Natela, the Georgian woman's daughter, changes the dynamic in the grandfather's home during the narrator's visit. [ more ]