Mimetic Storytelling In The Littoral Zone By Andrea Barrett
A man and a woman begin an extramarital affair, divorce their spouses, and marry each other. Will their love story have a happy ending? The hopeless romantic inside of you might wish to say yes, but human experience tells you otherwise. Discovering a connection with another person can be an exciting reprieve from a mundane life, but when the novelty of the situation wears off, you often question whether the choices you made were the right ones. In her short story “The Littoral Zone,” Andrea Barrett illustrates just such circumstances through the art of mimetic storytelling, making this work of fiction highly realistic in terms of character and plot. Much like the tides of the title, Jonathon and Ruby’s relationship ebbs and flows, filled with