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November 1991 Issue
November 1991 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • The World in Its Extreme
    William Langewiesche
  • Josef Stalin and Winston Churchill
    Nancy Caldwell Sorel
  • Beached: Brian Wilson as the Ultimate Bananafish
    Francis Davis
  • Lucky Houses: Home Builders in Southern California Are Learning to Heed the Chinese Art of Feng Shui
    Philip Langdon
  • A Radical Democrat
    David A. Hollinger
  • Individualism, Japanese Style
    James Fallows
Fiction

Life After High School

Sunny didn’t tell anyone about the engagement ring. Of all sins, she thought, betrayal is surely the worst

By Joyce Carol Oates
November 1991 Issue
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