English & Literature
Who is Narrator, Jesse from The Collected Stories of Colette and what is their importance?
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The narrator of "River of Names" is a lesbian woman who is trying to escape her past by making up a happy childhood when she talks to her girlfriend, Jessie. However, her past comes back to haunt her and the fake childhood she has invented seems to make the memories all the worse.