Dec 21, 2009

The Final Proof of Fate and Circumstance | The Final Proof of Fate and Circumstance

At a glance:

Author: Lee K. Abbott
First Published: 1983
Type of Plot: Metafiction
Time of Work: The 1960's to 1980's
Setting: Texas
Principal Characters: Daddy, Tyler, Nadine
Genres: Short fiction, Metafiction
Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Memory, Parents and children, Tradition, Marriage, West, U.S., Fathers, Storytelling, Accidents, Death or dying, Funeral rites or ceremonies, Texas
Locales: Texas

The Story

Tyler is telling his wife, Nadine, a story that his father has told him many times before. Tyler passes his Daddy's stories on to Nadine, taking on the role of storyteller that Daddy has practiced for many years and that has become the basis of their father-son relationship.

Tyler starts by narrating one of Daddy's most compelling stories, in which Daddy killed a man in a tragic car accident when he was twenty-eight years old. What makes Tyler's rendition of the story so engaging is the quality of detail he occasionally adds to his father's story: “His car,...

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The Final Proof of Fate and Circumstance | The Final Proof of Fate and Circumstance

At a glance:

The Story

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