Keith Botsford was an American/European writer, professor emeritus at Boston University and editor of News from the Republic of Letters.
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1969
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Opening Excerpt
From the storyI. ARRIVAL
The Reception Committee shuffled on the platform while Filyuchev, the Delegation bureaucrat, was still a step up on the train holding Metved’s flowers which, hurriedly culled, showed serrated edges of dandelion. The Reception Committee was all coated: though mid-summer, the mountain night was chill. The night-shift railwaymen wore short jackets; they walked by in a smell of shag tobacco, barely curious.
Story Vibe & Style Profile
Emotional Weight
2.8 / 5
Reflective
Narrative Pacing
1.2 / 5
Contemplative
Literary Style
3.3 / 5
Contemporary Literary
Speculative / Reality
1.6 / 5
Realistic / Mimetic
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The Paris Review
The Paris Review No. 47 — Summer 1969 · Jun 1, 1969
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