First published 1987
As the story is told, a nameless narrator weaves a tale of two men who meet by chance. Their encounter sparks a spiraling exchange, each man attempting to unravel the other's past. But the more they dig, the more the story shifts, their own identities blurring. What is real, what is fabrication? The boundaries between storyteller and subject collapse in this dizzying meditation on the nature of narrative.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Period: 20th-century
134 pages · Hardcover · Riverrun Pr