The Island at Noon (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Julio Cortazar
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: The 1960's
- Setting: The eastern Mediterranean and Aegean seas
- Principal Characters: Marini, Carla, Felisa, Klaios
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: 1960’s, Dreams, Obsession, Islands, Accidents, Death or dying, Flight, Beaches or seashores, Fishing or fishermen, Greece or Greek people, Airlines
- Locales: Mediterranean, Aegean Sea
The Story
Marini is a flight attendant on an airline route between Rome and Tehran. During one of the thrice-weekly flights, he sees a small island through the plane window while he is handing out lunch trays. One of the crew tells him that Xiros, the island, is one of the few places on the Aegean that tourists have not discovered yet. Although from the plane Xiros appears to be little more than a speck, a strip of white sandy beach rising into a desolate central plateau, Marini falls into the habit of looking at it every time the plane flies over, which happens around noon...
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