The Prophet from Jupiter (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Tony Earley
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: 1927-1990's
- Setting: The mountain country of western North Carolina
- Principal Characters: The dam keeper of Lake Glen, Elisabeth, Randy, Archie Simpson, Junie Wilson
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, 1940’s, Alienation, 1920’s, 1930’s, 1980’s, North Carolina, Small-town life, 1990’s, Eccentrics or eccentricities, Dams or reservoirs, Lakes, Isolation
- Locales: North Carolina
The Story
“The Prophet from Jupiter” is a first-person narration in which the dam keeper of a lake created when a small town was flooded intermingles incidents from his own life with a selective historical recounting of the lake's effect on the region. It begins with a topographical description of the lake, establishing the location of the dam keeper's house just above the lake shore, a perimeter encircled by homes on small lots that are occupied primarily by tourists and visitors.
As the dam keeper explains that his primary concern is to maintain the lake at a...
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