Glimpse into Another Country (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Wright Morris
- First Published: 1983
- Type of Plot: Wit and humor
- Time of Work: 1983
- Setting: San Francisco and New York
- Principal Characters: Hazlitt, Mrs. Hazlitt, Mrs. Thayer, Dr. Thayer
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Airplanes or jets, Old age or elderly people
- Locales: New York, San Francisco, CA
The Story
Hazlitt, an elderly San Francisco academic, goes to New York to see a specialist about a matter of “life assurance.” On the plane, he is bemused by the behavior of the woman seated next to him as she completely ignores him. Hazlitt is not offended because he is “guarded even with his colleagues at the university,” and he is attracted by the woman's intelligent profile and “appealing intactness.”
Hazlitt considers it rude, however, when she does not share The New York Times with him and is “flabbergasted” when he observes her beginning to...
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