Title
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Provides an overview of the story’s theme of nothingness and the “existential plight of modern humanity.” Surveys the critical controversy on the extended dialogue between the two waiters.
Published in
Reference Guide to Short Fiction
Date
1994
Pages
671-672
COinS
Citation
Flora, Joseph M. “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place.” In Reference Guide to Short Fiction, edited by Noelle Watson, 671-72. Detroit: St. James Press, 1994.