"Clearing in the Sky" is the story of a man who is an embodiment of determination and strong will to live an active life to the age of seventy despite medical advice with regard to his weak heart. It is a first person narrative. The father of the narrator is the hero of the story. It runs parallel to or in contrast with the advice of the doctors.
The father wants to show something special to his son: his farm on the mountain slope. He grows yams, tomatoes and potatoes on the farm. He takes his son there on a long walk over the steep paths in the hot sun.