So last week (1\/10) I wrote about discovering that a story I wrote a lifetime ago was being read in a high school class in Denmark.<\/p>\n
Now I\u2019ve heard back from the teacher:<\/p>\n
“Dear Marion!
\nHow strange that I should receive an email from you. Yes, I can understand that you must have been surprised to see your story as part of a Danish final year in advanced English curriculum Way back I attended a university course at South Danish University about
\nshort stories. Your text was there among many others. I got hold of The Quarterly where it was printed and I have used it many times in various contexts. Both when the theme was “Man and Nature” and as an example of a postmodern text. It must have touched a special nerve in me, the description of the good dog that gradually turns brutal, wild, and repulsive. Also the beginning with the allusion to the retarded, not-so-charming looking sibling in the smiling family photo, I have always found full of teaching possibilities.
\nSo the fact that I have not grown tired of it is a sign that it is a very good story, indeed. I will keep your letter and read it to my English class. They will enjoy imagining their 60- year-old teacher as a backpacker, picking up a weatherbeaten short story somewhere far away from Odense.<\/p>\n
Best wishes
\nKaren Dickmeiss
\nOdense Katedralskole\u201d<\/p>\n