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Signs and Symbols by Vladimir Nabokov
5.0

The story opens into the ever changing atmosphere in an old couples world, who are happening to visit their son in a sanatorium, being admitted because of him interpreting all the signs and symbols around him to be in relation to him. The old couples flailing body, their dependence on a relative for financial support, and having escaped so many tragedies, has a specific that cannot fail to empathize their reader.

Like all short stories, with their either profound or satirical sense, this one delves in both.