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Tuesday, May 22. 2018

Short story

A modern classic: Tobias Wolf's Bullet in the Brain (just 4 pages). It begins


Anders couldn’t get to the bank until just before it closed, so of course the line was endless and he got stuck behind two women whose loud, stupid conversation put him in a murderous temper. He was never in the best of tempers anyway, Anders – a book critic known for the weary, elegant savagery with which he dispatched almost everything he reviewed. ..


Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 14:59 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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That was brilliant.
#1 Wilbur Hassenfus on 2018-05-22 19:01 (Reply)
Hade never heard of Wolf or this story. Wonderful.
Thanks
#2 RickinJax on 2018-05-22 19:35 (Reply)
Not sure.
#3 XRay on 2018-05-22 20:10 (Reply)
Reminiscent of Citizen Kane's "Rosebud". Its nice to think, at the moment of death we'll have a chance to remember our most significant moment.
#4 LP on 2018-05-22 20:26 (Reply)
Almost like something Sippican would find in his pen.
#5 Jerry on 2018-05-22 21:21 (Reply)
I MISS Mr. Sippi! And his way with words.
#5.1 Sam L. on 2018-05-23 12:25 (Reply)
Wow. Thanks for that.
#6 steve walsh on 2018-05-23 07:19 (Reply)
I'd heard of Wolf before and have read his stories before, but didn't realize he had written this story.

I knew this story mainly from a short film that I saw at a film festival back around 2001 or 2002, if I remember correctly.

You can find it on youtube at the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geVjWlni-Co
#7 Kurt on 2018-05-23 12:35 (Reply)

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