Dec 28, 2009

Man, Woman and Boy | Man, Woman and Boy

At a glance:

Author: Stephen Ditchik
First Published: 1992
Type of Plot: Impressionistic
Time of Work: The late twentieth century
Setting: Somewhere in the United States
Principal Characters: An unnamed man, His wife, Their son
Genres: Short fiction, Antistory
Subjects: Family or family life, Husbands, United States or Americans, Wives, Memory, Parents and children, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century
Locales: United States

The Story

An unnamed husband and wife are in the middle of a fierce domestic battle that threatens to break up the family and lead to the dividing up of household items. Both parents are concerned with what will become of their son after they divorce. The scene turns out to be an imagined one, however, as both parents are merely reading quietly as their son works on a puzzle.

At times, the husband and wife argue over the division of domestic duties such as cleaning, dusting, and cooking. Because the wife works as a teacher and spends much of her time correcting papers,...

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Man, Woman and Boy | Man, Woman and Boy

At a glance:

The Story

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