Dec 21, 2009

The Ice Wagon Going Down the Street | The Ice Wagon Going Down the Street

At a glance:

Author: Mavis de Trafford Young
First Published: 1963
Type of Plot: Psychological
Time of Work: 1950-1960
Setting: Toronto, with extensive flashbacks to Paris and Geneva
Principal Characters: Peter Frazier, Sheilah, Agnes Brusen
Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
Subjects: Family or family life, Memory, Emotions, Hallucinations or illusions, Wealth
Locales: Paris, France, Toronto, Canada, Geneva, Switzerland

The Story

Peter and Sheilah Frazier console themselves on Sunday mornings by remembering the people they met during the decade they spent trying to live a charmed life abroad. Now they are “back where they started,” in Toronto, living with Lucille, Peter's down-to-earth sister. They do not have plans for the future, and they have become soured by “the international thing”; unlike other expatriates, Peter was neither “crooked” nor “smart” enough to find shady business opportunities in postwar Europe. Now as in the past, they try to believe that “hazy and...

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The Ice Wagon Going Down the Street | The Ice Wagon Going Down the Street

At a glance:

The Story

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