Victor Lodato Reads “Herman Melville, Volume I”
- Author
- The New Yorker
- Published
- Tue 21 Mar 2017
- Episode Link
- https://the-new-yorker-the-writers-voice-new-fiction-from-the-ne.simplecast.com/episodes/victor-lodato-reads-herman-melville-volume-i-6AOedKvX
He pushes her against a tree, and even though his hand is somewhere else, the girl feels it on her throat. She can’t speak. She only squeaks. A shadow falls, as if to give them privacy. The man takes full advantage. “Get the fuck away from her.”There’s a sudden cracking sound, and the man whelps.
