Meaning of "Novel Bend"

[Pamela]

Hello to everyone

What does the “Novel Bend” mean?

Is there any idiomatic meaning of it?

[Alan]

Hi Pamela,

My imagination could create many meanings for 'novel bend' but there must be a context for me to explain what I think it means.

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[Pamela]

Hi Alan

Some years ago I was the member of the jury who were to check the stories and poems of the students translated from English into Russian and vice versa. The whole competition was held under the name of “Novel Bend”. When I asked about the meaning of it I was given the following answer:

"Novel Bend is something mysterious, unknown..."

Do you agree?

[Alan]

Hi Pamela,

The only similar word I can think of is 'twist'. There is an English story writer called Roald Dahl who wrote mainly for children but he did write a series of stories which were later televised and they were called: Tales of the Unexpected. The stories are perfect examples of stories with a twist because the end of the story is totally unexpected because of the surprise ending. This 'twist in the tale' is perhaps similar to your 'novel bend.'

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[Pamela]

Thanks a lot, Alan! On reflection, I also suppose that this name was chosen due to the keyword novel.

[Yankee]

Hi Pamela

The word novel is a good choice since that word has more than one meaning that could apply -- the ideas of book and new.

The use of the word bend is odd, though. Like Alan, the word twist comes to my mind ...

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