Aunt Rosana’s Rocker (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Nicholasa Mohr
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The 1970's
- Setting: New York City's Spanish Harlem
- Principal Characters: Casto, Zoraida
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Sexism, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Gender roles, New York City, Marriage, Dreams, Spiritualism, Devils or demons, Latinos, Puerto Rico or Puerto Ricans, Furniture, Sleep
- Locales: New York, NY, Spanish Harlem, NY
The Story
Casto and Zoraida, two Puerto Rican immigrants living in New York, have been married for nine years and have four children. For two months, Zoraida has acted as if possessed by a demon lover during her sleep. As she moans and mimics sexual behavior in bed, Casto paces the floor in the next room trying not to hear her passionate sounds and vainly trying not to imagine her lascivious gestures. Casto married Zoraida because she was frail, sickly, and somewhat plain, not loud and coarse like other girls. He now believes that his wife's nightly behavior is lewd and vulgar,...
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