A Bag of Stories - Edla Van Steen

[Luke]

A Bag of Stories, Edla [Van] Steen, translated from Portuguese by David George, 1991, Brazil, SHORT STORIES

"..."Good Enough to Sing in a Choir" is a poignantly sad and slightly bizarre story of a wig-wearing father who nurses his infant—and eventually ungrateful—son with an artificial breast. "A Day in Three Movements" tells about young Leonor's first job, her lecherous boss, and her oblivious mother, with regular interruptions suggesting rewrite ideas: "But Leonor (or Greta?) might prefer to be placed in a bright modern building...In that case, the custodian could be used in another text. Clip and save."..."

(J.L., p. 179)