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Lara Vapnyar

Lara Vapnyar has published two story collections and four novels, including, most recently, “ Divide Me by Zero.”

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3 picks · 2003–2013

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Katania
fiction ·

When I was a child, I had a family of doll people. They lived in a red shoebox painted to look like a house, with a dark-brown roof and yellow awnings. …

Luda and Milena
fiction ·

Lara Vapnyar’s short story about two Russian women, recently arrived in the States, competing for the affection of a widower in their English class.

Love Lessons, Mondays, 9 A.M.
début fiction ·

Lara Vapnyar’s short story about a hesistant teacher called upon to teach a sex-education class at her all-girls high school.