An Unfortunate Woman (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Brautigan
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: Six months in 1982
- Setting: Various locations including Hawaii, San Francisco, Montana, New York, Illinois, and Canada
- Principal Characters: R. B., His daughter
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Traveling or travelers, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Alienation, 1980’s, California, Death or dying, Canada or Canadians, San Francisco, Hawaii, Illinois, Montana
- Locales: New York, Canada, San Francisco, CA, Illinois, Hawaii, Montana
The novel is presented as a diary of daily entries which are soon broken by lost days and months and which the protagonist describes as the “route of a calendar map following one man’s existence during a few months period of time.” The protagonist is, if nothing else, incurably peripatetic, jumping among cities, states, countries, and a variety of homes and apartments. Beginning in January and extending to June, 1982, he wanders between locations, friends, and a disjointed series of experiences, only to arrive at a seeming still point: watching a sunset and scribbling in his...
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