An introspective story of neighbors movies and marriage from short-story master Tobias Wolff
Lying stiffly in their separate beds a husband and his wife are woken in the middle of the night to the sound of their fighting neighbors. There are three of them?a man a woman and a young child. With their blasting stereos violent interludes and steamy make-up sessions the wife has had enough. The husband however is preoccupied with other thoughts?sex movies and humanity?s capacity to adapt and change. Understated yet poignant ?Next Door? is a reflection on the spectrum of human companionship from mundane restraint to explosive passion.
