This is the New Yorker Fiction Podcast from The New Yorker magazine.

I'm Deppre Treesman, fiction editor at The New Yorker.

Each month, we invite a writer to choose a story from the magazine's archives to read and discuss.

This month, we're going to hear an abduction by Tessa Hadley, which appeared in

the New Yorker in July of 2012. It didn't occur to Jane that the car would stop for her. She

washed it hungrily, sifting the silky dust between her toes. Daniel, the driver Jane saw

at once, was the best-looking of the three. In fact, he was crushingly beautiful.

The story was chosen by Aishigal Savash, who's the author of three novels, including

White on White and The Anthropologists. A nonfiction book, The Wilderness, was published earlier this year.

Hi, Isigul. Hello, Deborah. So welcome to the podcast.

Thank you for having me.

When we talked about this, the first two stories you really settled on were both by Tessa Hadley.

So I'm interested to hear why that is what makes her work really important to you.

Tessa Haddy is a writer I read when I was trying out becoming a writer and I was trying

out different voices and she's a writer I still read. She's one of these writers whenever, you know,

she has a new story or a new book. It really fills me with joy. And I think it's so rare that a writer accompanies you

in different phases of your career and of your life.

And her stories really have shaped how I think about stories,

very strongly.

In what way?

What is it that she does

that you also feel as pertinent for your work?

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