I'm writing a story in which I'm going to need the names of other stories in which either (a) someone is far away from home for a very long time (decades) and returns, or (b) lovers are separated for a long time (years) and then reunited, or (c) ideally both.
So far I've come up with:
- The Odyssey
- Rip Van Winkle
- Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre and Winter's Tale
- Heinlein's Time for the Stars
- Heinlein's Door into Summer
Any other suggestions?