Verona (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Aaron Roy Weintraub
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Plot: Impressionistic, coming of age
- Time of Work: Winter, the 1950's
- Setting: Verona, Italy
- Principal Characters: A young American woman, Momma, Daddy
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Girls, Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, Parents and children, Traveling or travelers, Twentieth century, Fathers, Italy or Italians, Western Europe or western Europeans, Happiness, Joy or sorrow
- Locales: Verona, Italy
The Story
“Verona” takes place in the Italian city of Verona and depicts the narrator's memories of a time in her childhood when her mother and father took her there as part of a European tour. Although the narrator recalls the period as one of happiness, she also describes this happiness as including components of cruelty and crime. As she describes the various incidents from her brief time in Verona, her evocations of exquisite happiness are invariably accompanied by details that suggest its opposite. For instance, the young girl is overwhelmed by her parents’ massive...
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