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Sep 04, 2007 08:06PM
I remember reading a short story years and years ago, about a man who goes to get his memory erased because of a bad break-up. The process goes smoothly - when he walks back into the waiting room after the procedure, his ex is sitting there waiting to get the same procedure. But he doesn't recognize her because of it. I read this when I was about 13 - so the reading level was probably quite low. I think of this story often, and any help would be much appreciated!
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sounds a lot like the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"...but don't know if if was a book first.
I remember a similar story, but I think the lovers had drowned--that is, each thought the other had drowned. I remember the writing being somewhat overblown. If it's the same one, I have a copy of it upstairs somewhere. Unfortunately, I have copies of about another 1000 short stories "upstairs somewhere". Sorry I can't be more help, but I'll keep an eye out for it :).
I remember a summery of a book like this but i never actually read the book,i'll try see if i can find it.
Carol wrote: "sounds a lot like the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"...but don't know if if was a book first."No, original screenplay.
Perhaps "Hearts Do Not In Eyes Shine" by John Kessel?
That reminds me of an episode of House.... ;)
It sounds like a movie they are advertising NOW. I'll pay attention and let you know if I see it again.
could it possibly be this? http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1992...It's a short story from the New Yorker by George Saunders
I think this is definitely "Hearts in Eyes Do Not Shine" (originally published in Asimovs in 1983) - here's a list of places it's been collected http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cg...
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