”The Valentine Generation” The short story “The Valentine Generation from the collection “The Valentine Generation and other stories” is written by John Wain and was first published in 1980. This is a realistic short-story from “every day life”. It is a story that deals with the great mystery of love. There are two main characters; The old routined postman , who is the narrator of this story, and the young, pretty, well-dressed and educated, impulsive girl who …showed first 75 words of 531 total…

…showed last 75 words of 531 total…love? I think the end of the story indicates that the old postman is looking back at his long life, having a review, wondering if he did the right choices for himself. How has his life been? What was it really like when he was young? What has he achieved? To look at it from another angle; “I wonder”. Has this event really happened, or is the postman imagining this whole situation ? Well, I wonder.