Ecco (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ronald Sukenick
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Plot: Magical Realism
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century
- Setting: Venice, Italy
- Principal Characters: The narrator, A young man, A young woman
- Genres: Short fiction, Magical Realism
- Subjects: Memory, Self, Authors or writers, Time travel, Loneliness, Italy or Italians, Happiness, Joy or sorrow, Eye, Vision
- Locales: Venice, Italy
The Story
The narrator awakens in Venice, pleased to be there with enough money to do whatever he wants. Happy to be neither a tourist nor a Venetian, he feels invisible. However, his invisibility—the consequence of his profession as a writer—has been exacerbated by recent events: deaths, divorce, and geographical circumstances. He is, in fact, in Venice alone, hoping to recuperate from his losses. His observations of activity in the city (usually made parenthetically) alternate with his narrative about his own activities.
As a water taxi goes by, the narrator goes...
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