The Writer’s VoiceMadhuri Vijay Reads “Hidden Life”Illustration by The New Yorker; Source photograph by Manvi RaoSave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyListen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive our weekly Books & Fiction newsletter.Madhuri Vijay reads her story “Hidden Life,” from the August 24 & 31, 2026, issue of the magazine. Vijay is the author of the novel “The Far Field,” which won India’s J.C.B. Prize for Literature in 2019. Her second novel, “The Festival,” will be published in 2028.