What is the setting in the story, Eyes of Dogs, from the collection, One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses?

The main setting in the story, Eyes of Dogs, the soldier's road home. Hemeets the witch, who sends him on his journey as he travels home. The soldier thinks that "he might have made his mother into this [witch]," because of all the cruelties he saw and committed in war (10). In this way, the road home becomes the site of the soldier's own corruption. Instead of going home to find his mother, the soldier stops and listens to the witch, and thus begins his futile journey toward wealth.