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November 19, 2008
The Return of Martin Guerre Lives! Or something like that.
Have you ever seen or taught The Return of Martin Guerre, book or film? Of course you have! It's a staple of humanities courses! (aside - I wonder how much Natalie Zemon Davis made off that? It was well-deserved!) Man goes to war, man returns from war, another man returns from war who is proven after lengthy court struggle to be the real man - you know.
Here's a kind of real-life version in Chile. Man disappeared during dirty war. Body declared his in 1995. Wife receives compensation payments. Body declared not his in 2006. Man returns from just over the Andes, where he's been living (the original Martin Guerre was working in Spain). Excitement ensues.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at November 19, 2008 8:49 AM
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Janet Lewis' novel is pretty good, too, as I recall -- it's been 20+ years since I read it.
Posted by: Dr Weevil at November 19, 2008 6:27 PM