#79 Tricks- Alice Munro
This is a tragic Love Story. We haven’t had many of those in
the past few months. This is at once familiar and completely fresh.
Robin is a single 26 year-old traveling to Stratford for her
annual night of theatre. She likes to go alone and ride the train home
afterwards. Due to a serendipitous string of events, she has the romantic night
of her life. After losing her purse she meets a man walking his dog that offers
his assistance:
“She had trusted him for faulty reasons. But she had not be
mistaken to do so.”
They part, but not before agreeing to meet again next
summer: “We will not write letters, letters are not a good idea. We will just
remember each other, and next summer we will meet.”
But alas, it is not to be. The Shakespearian circumstances
that lead to their failed re-meet is heartbreaking to ponder, but as a reader
of short stories, completely satisfying. This is a fantastic read!
Notable Passage: “Move and inch this way or that…and you’re
lost.” Such is life.
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