The Ivory Acrobat Summary and Analysis

The Ivory Acrobat Summary

Something extraordinary has happened at the start of "The Ivory Acrobat," as a young woman stands amid a frightened crowd on a city street. The woman's name is Kyle, and she has just experienced an earthquake. Back in her apartment, she puts on walking shoes, dresses warmly, and sleeps fitfully in a sitting position on her couch. Early in the morning, she notices an aftershock and hurries outside. Few people have bothered to follow suit, and until morning she walks the quiet streets of what proves to be Athens, Greece. The next day, she lunches with a colleague named Edmund at an international grade school where she teaches music. She questions him minutely about what he experienced, and is comforted to learn that his memories coincide with her own. She tells Edmund that...