Everything you need to understand or teach Vengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye.
In Marie NDiaye's novel Vengeance Is Mine, the protagonist Maître Susane is tasked with defending Marlyne Principaux, a woman arrested for murdering her three children. However, Maître gets distracted from the case when she meets Marlyne's husband Gilles. Convinced that Gilles is someone she used to know, she becomes obsessed with determining the nature of their relationship 32 years prior. Written from the third person limited point of view, the novel traces Maître's attempts to solve the novel's centrals mysteries, and explores themes including memory, truth, and trauma.
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