Sep 5, 2008

Jacklighting | Jacklighting

At a glance:

Author: Ann Beattie
First Published: 1982
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: The 1970's
Setting: Charlottesville, Virginia
Principal Characters: The anonymous narrator, Wynn, Spence, Pammy
Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
Subjects: Accidents, Death or dying, Hunting or hunters, Deer, Drunk driving or drivers
Locales: Charlottesville, VA

The Story

Nicholas has died sometime during the past year from injuries incurred while he was taking a midnight ride on his Harley and a drunk, driving a van, hit him head-on. Last year, on his birthday, he was alive but in the hospital, brain-damaged from the accident. This year, on his birthday, he is dead, and the narrator and her boyfriend, Wynn, both of whom used to drive from New York to Virginia to spend Nicholas's birthday with him, have come instead to visit Nicholas's brother, Spence, who now lives alone in the house that the brothers once shared.

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Jacklighting | Jacklighting

At a glance:

The Story

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