The Doll Queen (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Carlos Fuentes
- First Published: 1964
- Type of Plot: Symbolist
- Time of Work: Probably the mid-twentieth century
- Setting: Mexico City
- Principal Characters: Carlos, Amilamia, An old man and woman
- Genres: Short fiction, Grotesque literature
- Subjects: Children, Memory, Pain, Reading, Disabilities or physically challenged persons, Mexico or Mexicans, Wounds or injuries, Games, Maps, Outdoor recreation
- Locales: Mexico City, Mexico
The Story
Carlos is a twenty-nine-year-old bachelor, leading a professional life in Mexico City. Although his life is pleasant, he feels that it is missing something, a central attraction. One day, while rearranging dusty, old books, he finds a card with a message written in a childish hand: “Amilamia wil not forget her good friend—come see me here where I draw it.” With the message is a small map.
This message starts Carlos to reminisce about the summer that he met and played with Amilamia. She was an exuberant seven-year-old child; he was a fourteen-year-old...
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