[New post] Short story: “In the Name of Bobby”

look i have opinions posted: ""In the Name of Bobby," by Julio Cortázar ("En nombre de Boby"), as translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa Collected originally in "Alguien que anda por ahí" in 1966 apparently?; appeared in English in the New Yorker, July 9th, 1979 (scanned for " New post on lookihaveopinions Short story: "In the Name of Bobby" by look i have opinions "In the Name of Bobby," by Julio Cortázar ("En nombre de Boby"), as translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa Collected originally in "Alguien que anda por ahí" in 1966 apparently?; appeared in English in the New Yorker, July 9th, 1979 (scanned for subscribers here); read for the November 1st, 2021 New Yorker Fiction Podcast by Ben Lerner A few thousand words Striking. The aunt reminds me greatly of the governess in "The Turn of the Screw." The possibility of violence that haunts the story reminds me slightly of "Barn Burning." This free site is ad-supported. Learn more ​ look i have opinions | November 29, 2021 at 2:04 pm | Tags: 1960s, 1970s, 2020s, abusive relationships, audio fiction, aunt- or uncle-nibling relationships, ben lerner, child characters, doctor freud just tripped over an errant phallus, dreams in fiction, gregory rabassa, henry james, julio cortázar, non-supernatural uncanny fiction, parent-child relationships, podcasts, psychology, stories about unrealized possibilities, the new yorker, the new yorker fiction podcast, translation, twentieth century, twenty-first century, uncanniness, unintentional cruelty, violence | Categories: Short story entries, Uncategorized | URL: https://wp.me/p1WYIb-3L5 Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from lookihaveopinions. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://lookihaveopinions.wordpress.com/2021/11/29/short-story-in-the-name-of-bobby/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com