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Jonathan Safran Foer on Aleksandar Hemon's The Bees, Part 1 – short story podcast

Jan 9, 201800:46:17Arts

Jonathan Safran Foer explains why he loves this tale about the Bosnian author’s father, which is then read by Chris Moran

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