Mysterious Kor (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Bowen
- First Published: 1944
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: World War II
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Pepita, Arthur, Callie
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, World War II, Reality, Imagination, Soldiers
- Locales: London, England
The Story
“Mysterious Kôr” is set in London during World War II on a night when, despite the bright moonlight, the sky is clear of bombers. Into the strange silence come a girl named Pepita and a soldier named Arthur, wandering through the night together, because in the crowded city there is no place where they can be alone. Pepita quotes from a poem about Kôr, an abandoned city, which she imagines London to be; it is a city from which all the people have long ago disappeared, a city free of the dominion of time, a city where Pepita and Arthur can be forever alone...
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