Summary

In “The Third Week,” Selin is happy to buy a new bag and shoes. She feels so excited during her Chance lecture that she leaves. She tells Riley’s friends, Oak and Lucas, about this at dinner. She finds a stingray in the sink of their shared kitchen but is not interested enough to question it.

The next day, Selin finds the ethical half of Either/Or boring. An essay on marriage makes her think of how, as a teenager, she was forced to pretend she was happy for her father’s new marriage and baby. At dinner, Selin sits beside a stranger. He introduces himself and asks her to guess his ethnicity. Selin notes that he has unusual manners, which makes her like him. Juho is Finnish. They chat about languages and their studies. Juho has a...