Re: RARA-AVIS: Nathaniel West/Sinclair Lewis

From: jacquesdebierue (jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com)
Date: 19 Mar 2010

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I forgot to mention that the "it can't happen here", with its variant "it can't happen to me" is present in much noir literature. The guys cannot believe that his wife is cheating on him, the woman cannot believe that her husband is a monster, and so on. It is an essentially noir scenario.

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mrt

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