Modeled on an incident that happened to Mary Doherty, this work was the subject of Robert Penn Warren's essay "Irony with a Center.
Modeled on an incident that happened to Mary Doherty, this work was the subject of Robert Penn Warren's essay "Irony with a Center." Its title refers to the protagonist's terrifying dream during which she eats portions of the namesake object and is haunted by her onetime suitor. Originally published in Hound and Horn magazine, it later served as the title to a collection of its author's stories that included "Magic" and "Maria Concepcion." The title character is repulsed by the charismatic Braggioni, who sings to her bawdily as the story opens, and feels regret that she betrayed and facilitated the death of a man who may have loved her named Eugenio. For ten points, identify this short story, set during the Obregon revolution, that focuses on a young gringa named Laura and was written by Katherine Anne Porter.
Modeled on an incident that happened to Mary Doherty, this work was the subject of Robert Penn Warren's essay "Irony with a Center.
“{Flowering Judas}”