Floating Bridge (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alice Munro
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The 1990's
- Setting: Ontario, Canada
- Principal Characters: Jinny Lockyer, Neal, Helen, Matt, June Bergson, Ricky
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Husbands, North America or North Americans, Wives, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Marriage, Cancer, Fear, Death or dying, Canada or Canadians, Domestic work or workers, 1990’s, Diseases, Bridges, Mobile homes or trailer parks
- Locales: Ontario, Canada
The Story
“Floating Bridge,” a story about learning to accept the tentative nature of human life, begins with an account about a time when Jinny left her husband, Neal, briefly to sit in a bus shelter near her home, reading graffiti on the wall and identifying with people who feel they have to write things down. When she returns home, she asks Neal if he would ever have come after her, and he says, “Of course. Given time.” Neal's detached attitude toward Jinny and his cavalier treatment of her despite her life-threatening illness is an undercurrent that runs throughout...
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