The Story of a Boy and the Cut on His Knee
| Autor: | Daniel Weissbort, Tomislav Longinović |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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| Zdroj: | The Iowa Review. 14:226-232 |
| ISSN: | 2330-0361 0021-065X |
| Popis: | I ALWAYS CONSIDER introductions useless in any kind of literary endeavor (if we can, of course, talk of literary endeavor). The title alone will suffice to introduce everything that is about to happen. So, in the beginning the boy will cut the knee, probably his own, and later, the cut will have hardly any significance as far as the rest of the story is concerned. Most certainly, the cut will be mentioned here and there; nevertheless, I will need to return to the cut near the end, not only to justify the title, but to complete the time sequence. The only other thing I feel I should mention in the introduction is the fact that the boy will grow up, finish school, get drafted, then marry. So time will roll on. It's a pity. I hate time. It gobbles up everything alive. I don't want to consider the inanimate things. Let those who are paid to do so consider the inanimate. And something else, before I start. I '11 tell you the beginning and the end of the story. I'm not afraid to tell you because I know it won't be boring. No, I'm not afraid at all. So, the story will begin with the sentence: The father forgot to lock the door behind him that morning, and it will end with the clatter of iron railway wheels: tadam-tadam, tadam-tadam. |
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