Near the start of the Great Depression, a man waits for college student Donna Smith—someday
to be Donna Albright—at the trolley stop near her rural Virgina home.
— Michael Main
Nervously fingering his narrow lapel, he broke the silence, saying, “I’d like to tell
you some things. . . Totally outrageous things.
You have to promise me just one thing first.”
Italian translation: [ex=bare]“Visita alla famiglia” | Family visit[/ex], in Il passo dell'ignoto, edited by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini (Mondadori, September 1972).
From unspecified place, probably the 1960s ⋙ to in or near Washington, D.C., circa 1930. Round trip. Note: Bob’s trip feels like a round trip. Based on several clues, he travels to about 1930; and based on his age and the publication date, he comes from the 1960s.