Dec 19, 2009

His Son, in His Arms, in Light, Aloft | His Son, in His Arms, in Light, Aloft

At a glance:

Author: Aaron Roy Weintraub
First Published: 1975
Type of Plot: Psychological
Time of Work: About 1975
Setting: An unspecified Midwestern American city
Principal Characters: The narrator, The narrator's father, The narrator's mother, The narrator's sister
Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
Subjects: Memory, Parents and children, Psychology or psychologists, Emotions, Fathers
Locales: Midwest (U.S.)

The Story

This story has no plot in the conventional sense; its narrator does not tell a tale with sequential events. Rather, he recalls from his childhood various sensations, emotions, and incidents arising from his relationship at that time with his father. The story is not solely about what he felt as a child; it is, more important, also a presentation of the sensations and emotions that his recollections arouse in him as he dredges them up from the past. The story is, then, in part a study of an emotional state in a man who is recalling and interpreting emotional states...

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His Son, in His Arms, in Light, Aloft | His Son, in His Arms, in Light, Aloft

At a glance:

The Story

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