“This blind man, an old friend of my wife’s, he was on his way to spend the night. His wife had died. So he was visiting the dead wife’s relatives in Connecticut. He called my wife from his in-laws’. Arrangements were made. He would come by train, a five-hour trip, and my wife would meet him at the station.”
레이먼드 카버는 이 단편에서 “본다”는 행위의 의미를 묻습니다. 좀 둔한 데서 그치지 않고 무례해 보이기까지 하는 화자는 앞이 보이지 않는 남자와의 만남에서 무얼 느끼게 될까요.
Athena's Owl 