Homage for Isaac Babel (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Doris Lessing
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Plot: Sketch
- Time of Work: 1961
- Setting: A small town near London
- Principal Characters: The narrator, Philip, Catherine
- Genres: Short fiction, Sketch
- Subjects: Girls, 1960’s, Intellectuals, Adolescence, Authors or writers, Schools or school life, Books, Capital punishment, England or English people, Reading, Intellect
- Locales: London, England
The Story
The unnamed narrator takes Catherine, a neighbor child, on an afternoon outing to visit their friend Philip at his boarding school outside London. Catherine, who is thirteen years old, idolizes both the fifteen-year-old Philip and the narrator, an older woman who lives in a nearby apartment. Catherine borrows a collection of short stories by the Russian Jewish author Isaac Babel to read on the train because she knows that Philip is reading them.
The visit to Philip is a success. The three walk through the school's beautiful playing fields, as Catherine carries...
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