That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French
- That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French
Infobox short story |
name = That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French
author = Stephen King
country = United States
language = English
genre = Horror, short story
published_in = ""
publication_type = Anthology
publisher = Scribner
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pub_date = 2002
preceded_by =
followed_by =
"That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French" is a short story written by Stephen King and published in his short story collection "". It focuses on a married woman in a car ride on vacation constantly repeating the same events over and over, each event ending with the same gruesome outcome.
Plot summary
As the story progresses, she begins to remember skeletons from the closet, starting as financially strapped newlyweds who went onto greater things with her husband's eventual success in the computer industry. It is implied, though never explicitly revealed, that the man and woman have been killed in a mid-air plane collision, and are suffering eternal torment.
Major themes
Stephen King suggested that this story is about Hell, and that "Hell is repetition". Similar themes have showed up in "Storm of the Century", "1408" and "The Dark Tower" and also in "The Third Policeman" written by Flann O'Brien. An episode of The Twilight Zone, entitled Judgment Night, also had a similar theme.
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