[lit-ideas] Re: plea
- From: carol kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:03:39 -0700
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?
Carol
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I know there is a good deal of literature out there (autobiographies,
> novels, etc.) in which the scenario is essentially thus: happily married
> couple, husband (usually goes off to war) is killed. Woman grieves and
> comes to terms. Later in life remarries happily, one day dead husband turns
> up alive."
>
> What I don't know is, absent specific titles, how to go about finding it.
> Anyone familiar with good examples of this basic story-line?
>
> Julie Krueger
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