A Lifestyle

A Lifestyle: Short story by Fernando Sorrentino In this story by Fernando Sorrentino a man relates how being trapped inside his tenth-floor apartment after his key broke off in the lock changed his life. After being refused service and black-listed by the Argentine Locksmiths’ Union, he looks for help elsewhere. He phones the building janitor, his girlfriend and co-workers, and even drops pamphlets to pedestrians on the street below. No one comes to his rescue. When his telephone, power and water are cut off, the innovative man develops a thriving farm in the apartment. Themes include resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, isolation, the apathy and redundancy of urban lifestyles.

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