Dec 21, 2009

The Two Elenas | The Two Elenas

At a glance:

Author: Carlos Fuentes
First Published: 1964
Type of Plot: Domestic realism
Time of Work: The 1960's
Setting: Mexico City
Principal Characters: Victor, Elena, Dona Elena, Don Jose
Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
Subjects: Culture, Family or family life, Liberalism, Lifestyles, Mexico or Mexicans
Locales: Mexico City, Mexico

The Story

Dona Elena's complaint regarding the conduct of her daughter, Elena, the previous Sunday (she defended the idea that a woman can live with two men) causes Victor, an architect, to recall the night that he and Elena, his wife, saw the film Jules and Jim (1962). That night over dinner, as he recalls, they discussed the film and Elena arrived at certain conclusions—for example, that misogyny is the condition of love, that one day Victor would want another man to share their lives, and that she wanted an outfit like the one worn by Jeanne Moreau in the film. As...

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The Two Elenas | The Two Elenas

At a glance:

The Story

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