Critical Survey of Short Fiction: Italo Calvino - Louise Erdrich |
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... sense of otherness is presented obliquely , as in " The Fisherman from Chihuahua . " In this story , the ordinary restaurant known as Pendle- ton's is visited by a tall , mysterious Mexican who suddenly , and for no explicable reason ...
... sense of otherness is presented obliquely , as in " The Fisherman from Chihuahua . " In this story , the ordinary restaurant known as Pendle- ton's is visited by a tall , mysterious Mexican who suddenly , and for no explicable reason ...
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... sense , the unnamed guest is reinforcing a constant Conrad theme , the difference between reality and il- lusion . " THE SECRET SHARER " Probably Conrad's most famous short story , " The Secret Sharer " is a deceptively simple tale that ...
... sense , the unnamed guest is reinforcing a constant Conrad theme , the difference between reality and il- lusion . " THE SECRET SHARER " Probably Conrad's most famous short story , " The Secret Sharer " is a deceptively simple tale that ...
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... sense- less . He is carried out to the alley , a sign pinned to his suit reading " STAY AWAY FROM WHITE WOMEN . " Surrounded by garbage , Feldman , finally dying , thinks of his family , who had anticipated his death with admiration and ...
... sense- less . He is carried out to the alley , a sign pinned to his suit reading " STAY AWAY FROM WHITE WOMEN . " Surrounded by garbage , Feldman , finally dying , thinks of his family , who had anticipated his death with admiration and ...
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