Invitation For 2nd Birthday

Rollingwood

E' il titolo del racconto di Ben Marcus che appare questa  settimana sul New Yorker . I have not read it yet, but I read an interview with Marcus Deborah Treisman. The first question the author responds with a fantastic, lapidary humor (a foretaste of the tone of the story? Promising, then.)

Q . In " Rollingwood," you imagine Several days in the life of a single father who encounters Obstacles at Every Turn: A Child Who May Be Ailing, an ex-wife who Disappears, to carpool That fails to show up, an office daycare that's mysteriously closed, a boss who purposefully misunderstands the situation. ... Was Kafka an inspiration for you here?

A . Kafka, Probably, But Also my kids. New Yorker.