A Summer’s Reading (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Bernard Malamud
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The mid-twentieth century
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: George Stoyonovich, Sophie Stoyonovich, His father, Mr. Cattanzara
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Teenagers, Twentieth century, New York City, Education or educators, Books, Poverty or poor people, Reading
- Locales: New York, NY
The Story
Because George Stoyonovich left school on an impulse when he was sixteen, he has been through a string of unsatisfying jobs. Now he is almost twenty years old and unemployed. He does not go to summer school because he feels that the other students will be too young. He does not go to night school because he does not want the teachers to tell him what to do. Instead, he stays in his room most of the day, sometimes cleaning the apartment, which is located over a butcher store. His father is poor, and his sister Sophie earns little, so George has little money to...
[The entire page is 1435 words long]
