Geraldo No Last Name (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sandra Cisneros
- First Published: 1983
- Type of Plot: Sketch
- Time of Work: The late 1960's to early 1970's
- Setting: A large American city
- Principal Characters: Marin, Geraldo, The narrator
- Genres: Short fiction, Sketch
- Subjects: Mistaken or secret identity, Accidents, Death or dying, Mexican Americans, Dancing or dancers, Tragedy, Names, Aliens, illegal, Puerto Rico or Puerto Ricans
- Locales: United States
The Story
Marin, a young Puerto Rican woman who enjoys dancing, frequents dance halls in different parts of the city. One night at such a place she meets Geraldo, a young, attractive, and neatly dressed Mexican wearing green pants and a shiny shirt. He tells her his name and adds that he works in a restaurant. That is all the information Marin learns about him.
Later that night Geraldo is the victim of a hit-and-run accident and is taken to an emergency room in a hospital. After he dies, Marin is repeatedly questioned by hospital personnel and the police because Geraldo...
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