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{{byline|last=Mailer|first=Norman|note=“The Thalian Aadventure,” a short story by [[Norman Mailer]], was never published. It is not known with certainty when Mailer wrote the story, but its date of composition is believed to be circa 1951. Images follow a transcription of the story. The Norman Mailer estate has graciously given permission to reprint the story. Images are courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. —[[Phillip Sipiora]]|url=https://projectmailer.net/pm/The_Thalian_Adventure}}
{{byline|last=Mailer|first=Norman|note=“The Thalian Aadventure,” a short story by [[Norman Mailer]], was never published. It is not known with certainty when Mailer wrote the story, but its date of composition is believed to be circa 1951. Images follow a transcription of the story. The Norman Mailer estate has graciously given permission to reprint the story. Images are courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. —[[Phillip Sipiora]]|url=https://prmlr.us/mr15mail}}


In the interval between the time I graduated from college and was drafted into the Army, I lived at home in Brooklyn with my parents. Everyone I knew was in service, and many evenings, for lack of something better, I went to the movies. Invariably, it was to see a foreign film in one of the art houses around New York.
In the interval between the time I graduated from college and was drafted into the Army, I lived at home in Brooklyn with my parents. Everyone I knew was in service, and many evenings, for lack of something better, I went to the movies. Invariably, it was to see a foreign film in one of the art houses around New York.