Counterparts (short story) youngest son, Tom, to make dinner but as the child lets the fire in the kitchen go out, Farrington's rage explodes and he starts beating the little child with a walking stick. The story ends with Tom pleading for mercy. For Joyce's contemporaneous audience, the term "counterparts" could be expected to suggest (hand-written) duplicate copies of documents concerning the office's business. Counterparts (short story) "Counterparts" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection "Dubliners". The story recounts an evening in the life of a man named Farrington, frequently referred to simply as "the man". Farrington’s difficulties
The Turning (short story collection) The Turning (short story collection) The Turning is a collection of short stories by Australian author Tim Winton published in April 2005. Many of the 17 short stories included interweave in their respective narratives. The story is set in a small Western Australian town is about all different kinds of turnings. Turnings in people, situations, surprises, accidents, relationships and the turning of time. The turnings come at crucial times in the characters lives. They are doomed and unhappy people and though the turning may not change their lives we see their humanity even if just for a moment. This multi