Why Don’t You Dance? (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Raymond Carver
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Plot: Antistory
- Time of Work: About 1980
- Setting: Somewhere in the United States
- Principal Characters: A man, A girl, A boy
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Surrealism
- Locales: United States
The Story
As he pours himself a drink in the kitchen, a man looks out the window to his front yard, where the bedroom furniture has been arranged almost precisely as it was arranged in the bedroom. There is the bed, flanked by two nightstands and two reading lamps; a chiffonnier; a portable heater; a rattan chair. The kitchen table stands in the driveway, and on top of it are a record player, a box of silverware, and a potted plant. The rest of the furniture is also on the lawn: a desk, a coffee table, a television set, a sofa and chair. Earlier in the day, the man had run an...
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