Author:: Ben Okri Link:: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/02/08/a-wrinkle-in-the-realm Tags:#media/article shortstory new yorker

  • Summary::
    • man who gets avoided questions why he gets avoided gets drawn into weird, crazy conclusions about this and ends up getting a mask to cover his face so that he can feel normal
    • a commentary on race in america, specifically the black experience without naming it
  • notes::
    • short story, blending strange and the normal, murakami, Kafka, etc
      • Even as it gets stranger it gets more normal — paradox
    • Good way of telling story about something without naming it