Post by Wolfgang on Oct 24, 2004 17:32:51 GMT -5
Short story by Morley Callaghan.
Never really heard of this author until I read this excellent short story. Apparently, he was a good friend (and influenced by) Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Of this story, he said:
"Once I saw a woman relaxing after she had used her fine character and dignity to get her son out of some trouble with his employer. I remember the way her chin had trembled as she drank a cup of tea. That's all. That's why I wrote the story."
It's actually quite moving, in subtle ways.
Never really heard of this author until I read this excellent short story. Apparently, he was a good friend (and influenced by) Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Of this story, he said:
"Once I saw a woman relaxing after she had used her fine character and dignity to get her son out of some trouble with his employer. I remember the way her chin had trembled as she drank a cup of tea. That's all. That's why I wrote the story."
It's actually quite moving, in subtle ways.