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    A Year in Reading: Emma Alpern

    by Emma Alpern Dec 06, 2022 4 minutes

    I started the year on a high from reading the totally fantastic Paris Stories by Mavis Gallant and José Saramago’s The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis with a book club that convenes over Twitter DM. I’ve never actually met anyone from the club—I think I infiltrated a group of friends who are mostly alumni of Ithaca University, many from its economics department. They’re very smart, very funny, and just all around amazing people to read alongside. (They’ll probably make fun of me for saying all that.) It’s this type of yearslong semi-acquaintance that makes me think the internet might be good after all. Next up is Berlin Alexanderplatz—can’t wait.

    ’s came out in late 2021, but I’ve kept it in

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