The Babysitter (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Coover
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Plot: Antistory
- Time of Work: The 1960's
- Setting: Suburban United States
- Principal Characters: Harry Tucker, Dolly Tucker, Jimmy Tucker, Bitsy, The baby-sitter, Jack, Mark
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s
- Locales: United States
The Story
In just over a hundred paragraphs presenting several different points of view, the story recounts the confusing events of a single evening, between 7:40 and 10:30 p.m. The multiple viewpoints frequently collide and even merge as the story revises itself, offering concurrent and competing plots. In other words, several plots occupy the same time and space and involve the same characters, whose fantasies influence reality. The story seems to ask the question, what would the world be like if everyone's competing fantasies were to come true?
As Harry and Dolly...
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