The Hitchhiking Game (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Milan Kundera
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1960's
- Setting: Czechoslovakia
- Principal Characters: A young man, A young woman
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Love or romance, Vacations, Games
- Locales: Czechoslovakia
The Story
After having been lovers for a year, a girl and a man embark on a two-week vacation, but by the end of the first day they discover more about themselves than most couples discover in a lifetime. The mechanism of discovery is the hitchhiking game, a game in which role-playing takes on a dangerous and irreversible intensity.
The “girl” is twenty-two, shy, jealous, uncomfortable with her body, and embarrassed by her need to use the bathroom. However, she trusts her lover “wholly,” because “he never separated her body from her soul.” When she pretends...
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