Yasir answers “Does the page and a half at the beginning...”

Princessdarcy asked this question about Exit West:

Does the page and a half at the beginning that the author spends talking about the parent's sex life in vivid detail have anything to do with the actual story? The father's impotence and the mother's insatiable sexual appetite seems to be well out of place...

Yasir It took me more than a year to get hold of and read the book finally. To be honest, I did not like the flow of events. The transition from a fictional…moreIt took me more than a year to get hold of and read the book finally. To be honest, I did not like the flow of events. The transition from a fictional conflict-torn region to western urban centres is deeply perplexing. (less)

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