Perspectives

Putting “A Shot in the Light” by Lion Goodman into perspective can help you better understand the characteristics of the literary period, as well as some other aspects related to similar literary works.

Literary period

Written in 2001, the short story falls into the category of Modernist literature,...

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Works in the same genre

Another short story which is also based on a real-life event and which was also published in Paul Auster’s collection “True Tales of American Life”...

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Works with the same theme

The theme of trust is explored in a quite different way in the short story “Could it be forever” by Nina Stibbe. In the story, a small girl’s trust is broken by her sister and her sister’s friend, who trick her into believing that an older boy is in love with her.

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