The Foreseeable Future (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Reynolds Price
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Language or languages, Family or family life, Self-discovery, Sex or sexuality, World War II, Victims, Death or dying, Vietnam or Vietnamese people, Self-revelations
The title story in The Foreseeable Future, a collection of three long stories, tells the tale of Whit Wade, a soldier technically dead on the field of battle in World War II who is resuscitated. He has now returned to his wife and daughter in North Carolina. His family loves Wade quite genuinely, and he has always loved them, but his close encounter with death has left him with the feeling that he is not really alive. The thought of his death and that of many of his comrades on the battlefield nags him. He functions almost as a ghost.
Wade's occupation as an insurance...
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