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With London in the grip of a heat wave, a man takes refuge from the scorching sun in a nearby tea shop, only to share his table with a stranger who seems determined to make conversation. Too polite to ignore him, he becomes his reluctant confidant, as harmless small talk gives way to dark memories. "Missing" is the first of three unsettling stories of guilty secrets, past hurts, and haunted lives from one of the foremost English writers of the 20th century. Remembered chiefly as a poet, and in particular for his visionary poem "The Traveller," Walter de la Mare (1873?1956) was also acclaimed as a writer of short stories.
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Kyle Horner
reviewed Missing on February 13, 2016
Missing
Three short stories. The first was a little bit incoherent and left me cold. But the second two:
The Almond Tree, told by an elderly narrator, is about an affair as seen through the eyes of a child. It struck me because it's not certain that it was an actual affair, perhaps just emotional and intellectual, due to the 'spiritual' nature of the young lady who is a friend of the child's father. But her culpability and unthinking selfishness strikes me SO forcibly, as an adult reader. I'm so hostile to the father. It's a gem of as story, because it seems to me to illustrate really beautifully these cruel little connections that happen between people, and how selfish we can be.
And then, Crewe - it's a ghost story, unexpectedly, and presented from a very original viewpoint. I thought it was gripping because the villain is so puny, really, as a person. Reminds me of some of Conan Doyle's villains, who were quite weak people physically, morally, and spiritually, and for that reason were capable of really dreadful impulsive acts.
Whatever the merit of the stories themselves, as character studies they are masterful. Well worth reading to see how it's done.
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