[lit-ideas] Re: plea
- From: carol kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:42:37 -0700
Cherchez le corpse?
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On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 5:36 PM, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> On Sep 25, 2011, at 4:03 PM, carol kirschenbaum wrote:
>
> > Hi Julie,
> >
> > Return of Martin Guerre, as Robert said, is probably the classic of this
> sub-genre. I'm in the midst of a contemporary novel that turns it around a
> bit--the wife is the returned survivor (*Trespass* by Valerie Martin). Come
> to think of it, Isaac Baashevis Singer did this role reversal in *Enemies, a
> Love Story.*
> >
> > Any others, hmmm? A name for this plotline?
> >
> Might it be called, "Never Found the Body"?
> http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NeverFoundTheBody
>
> David Ritchie,
> touching the trope to see if it's cold in
> Portland, Oregon
>
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