Story Club with George Saunders

AN INCIDENTby Lu HsunSix years have slipped by since I came from the country to the capital. During that time I have seen and heard quite enough of so-called affairs of state; but none of them made much impression on me. If asked to define their influence, I can only say they aggravated my ill temper and made me, frankly speaking, more and more misanthropic.One incident, however, struck me as significant, and aroused me from my ill temper, so that even now I cannot forget it.It happened during the

Since part of the fun here is overindulging in this paragraph - staying in it longer than we normally would - here’s an audio file of me reading that first paragraph. Hearing things often, of course, makes us aware of things we might have missed on the page.Other things to try in this spirit: read it aloud yourself; have someone else read it to you; try typing or handwriting it out.We’re trying to get acquainted with the small moves within it, slow the reading process down, so we notice more. Get