North Light (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Mark Helprin
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1970's
- Setting: Israel
- Principal Characters: The narrator
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, Jews or Jewish life, War, Death or dying, Soldiers, Men, Israel or Israelis, Middle East
- Locales: Israel
The Story
The unnamed narrator is an Israeli soldier who fought in the Six-Day War and hoped his days of war were over. This morning, however, his unit has been called up and is watching from a ridge as tanks maneuver in a small valley, waiting until nightfall when they will be ordered into a battle. Although their comrades below are outnumbered, the Israeli command has decided that the unit should not enter into the valley until dark, because they have only two old half-tracks that could accomplish little against the Syrian tanks in the light of day.
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