tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post4039869222103056883..comments2024-03-29T03:45:08.086+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: "The Banks of the Vistula" by Rebecca Lee (1997).Mel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-76218538542058938372021-12-18T19:50:51.696+08:002021-12-18T19:50:51.696+08:00Just want to say that this story has been an impor...Just want to say that this story has been an important part of my reading life during this difficult year (2021). I found it not through Rebecca Lee's print versions (in the collection entitled Bobcat, nor in The Atlantic's publication of the story), but through an audiobook entitled "Five Short Stories for Women" produced by L.A. Theater Works. Rarely do I re-read or replay stories, yet I've listened to this one more than a dozen times this year. <br /><br />Four very distinct characters, which narrator Emily Bergyl portrays perfectly (especially when played at the sweet spot of 1.2x speed) and which Lee writes so well. Margaret, the Professor, her roomie Solveig and her love interest Hans are done so well, and that's just the start of the reasons to take in this story.knoxsoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17652872968245610497noreply@blogger.com