The Serrambi Case: Frances de Pontes Peebles
This story was amazing. It's about the rape and murder of two young affluent girls in a poor tourist community. It's told from the point of view of almost everyone connected with the girls and investigation. This is a story that will stick with me for a long time.
The Butler's Lament: David Means
This story is about a mental patient who comes from a very blue collar background but his mental illness has him pretend to be a butler at almost all times.
French Lessons: Johanna Skibrund
Martha is an immigrant to Paris who takes care of an old woman. The language barrier causes a major miss-communication between them.
Rothko Eggs: Keith Ridgway
This story is about a teenage daughter of a broken home where the father is a homicide detective. The brilliance in this story is that the author deftly deals with so many issues in a relatively short story. The main character has her first boyfriend who has homosexual tendencies, her dad's profession makes her nervous, her mom is dealing with grief that she doesn't understand and her biggest interest is art. Great story.
Everything Must Go by Raymond Carver with an introduction by Will Ferrell
The last story is all the episodes of Zoetrope that I've read have all been short stories that have become the inspiration for a movie. This episodes story by Raymond Carver inspired the new Will Ferrell movie of the same name. The story was fantastically sad and eloquent in it's indirect handling of the story themes. Sad & excellent.
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