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The Watch

Graham Swift

First published 1988
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

"A watch crafted by the great-grandfather of Adam Krepski, the narrator, possesses the magical quality of never needing winding. But even more than this, whoever carries the watch will have near immortality, living until they are killed but never dying of "old age." As a result the older generations bring a great deal of pressure to bear on the younger, causing a generational war that creates the central conflict of the story." (Barry J. Fishman)

First published in Firebird: Writing Today No. 1, ed. Tim J. Binding, 1982.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1988 Cover Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Stories Macmillan Anthology 1334