All of this having been said about Lolita, The Reader is not in any sense comparable with that novel: it's not about the affair, or about the fact that the two lovers were of such different ages, or any of that. The latter two of its three parts are what's important; the love affair is merely part of the setup for them.
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Date: 2008-04-21 09:14 pm (UTC)All of this having been said about Lolita, The Reader is not in any sense comparable with that novel: it's not about the affair, or about the fact that the two lovers were of such different ages, or any of that. The latter two of its three parts are what's important; the love affair is merely part of the setup for them.