300 short stories:: story 172

story: “The Adventure of a Traveler”

author: Italo Calvino

year: 1958

where: Philadelphia Fox Chase train

note: From Gli Amori Difficili 

a line: “The apartment was again in darkness. The train devoured its invisible road. Could Frederico ask more of life? From such bliss to sleep, the transition is brief.”

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