Mr. and Mrs. Baby (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Mark Strand
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Plot: Parody
- Time of Work: 1979
- Setting: California
- Principal Characters: Bob Baby, Babe Baby
- Genres: Short fiction, Parody
- Subjects: 1970’s, Husbands, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Wives, California, West, U.S., Lifestyles, Hollywood, Life, philosophy of
- Locales: California
The Story
The story presents a day in the life of Bob Baby and his wife, Babe, characterless characters leading entirely shallow lives somewhere in that nebulous place of modern existence: California. They get up, eat breakfast, wade through the blasé morning, skip lunch, cry, try to talk, go to what is supposed to be a party, then go back to sleep. This routine is how Bob and Babe spend their days and live their lives.
There is no conflict, external or internal, in the story. The two characters have been bought with bread and circuses in the sundry forms these things...
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