Helix (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Mahoko Yoshimoto
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1990's
- Setting: Japan
- Principal Characters: A young man, His girlfriend
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Freedom, Memory, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Restaurants, bars, taverns, or pubs, Beauty, Asia or Asians, 1990’s, Japan or Japanese people, Dating, Urban life, Sky
- Locales: Japan
The Story
A writer wakes from a night of heavy drinking to find his head is throbbing. The discordant sounds of his neighbor practicing the violin add to his discomfort as he lies contemplating the intensely blue sky and thinking of his girlfriend. The blue expanse somehow reminds him of her peculiar habit of blinking when she is searching for a word. This small detail somehow sums up his girlfriend's personality for him, and he fears that this understanding of her dooms their relationship. With other women, knowing them too well has destroyed his feelings for them.
His...
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