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- ID
- b24
- Title
- 'The Father'
- Genre
- Story
- Page Count
- 7
- Word Count
- 1460
- Publisher
- New Adelphi
- Publication Year
- 1928
- Topics
- Death, Music, Fatherhood, Family Relations
A piano-tuner, learning of the suicide of his only child, receives comfort from various people as he makes the rounds in his village.
In The New Adelphi (June 1928, with title "A Father"), Day's End and Other Stories (1928), Thirty Tales (1934).
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