Steven Millhauser’s short story, Flying Carpets, chronicles an unnamed character’s recollection of his childhood in which the summer pastime involves children playing with magical flying carpets. It details the protagonist’s initial caution and growing ambition as he becomes more comfortable with flying further as the summer progresses. The story explores themes of coming of age, ambition, imagination, and fantasy.
Steven Millhauser, one of the most original novelists to emerge in the 1970s, was born on 3 August 1943 in New York and grew up in Connecticut where his father, Milton Millhauser, was an English profe...
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Steven (Lewis) Millhauser