Suicides (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Cesare Pavese
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: 1938
- Setting: Turin, Italy
- Principal Characters: The narrator, Carlotta, Jean
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Suicide, Europe or Europeans, 1930’s, Death or dying, Loneliness, Italy or Italians
- Locales: Turin, Italy
The Story
As the narrator sits at a café watching people pass, he falls into a guilt-stricken sense of loneliness. A solitary, brooding character quick to revert to memories of the past, he has suffered for years from delusions and remorse, but now he merely wishes to maintain his self-control and observe as life goes on all around him. This is one of the simple pleasures of his life, although at times it leaves bitter aftertastes. He wishes he were more astute or clever as, for example, women are in justifying their actions even to themselves.
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