Vision out of the Corner of One Eye

Vision out of the Corner of One Eye: Short story by Luisa ValenzuelaTwo frequent themes in Luisa Valenzuela’s short stories are the daily violence associated with living in 1960/70s Argentina and feminism. Vision out of the Corner of One Eye is one of the latter. A woman traveling on a crowded bus feels herself being groped. When she tries to move away, more people get on the bus and the groping develops into “fondling” and “jiggling”. Rather than make a scene, she decides to give the pervert some of his own medicine. Although this achieves the desired result, she is disappointed she could not be alone with the man.

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