Chasity 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...

Chasity I think a big part of it is because the main theme of the story between Nadia and Saeed is about their changing relationship. Indeed, the entire novel…moreI think a big part of it is because the main theme of the story between Nadia and Saeed is about their changing relationship. Indeed, the entire novel moves forward based on a narrative about change. I imagine that the details about the intimacy of Saeed's parents illustrates that underlying theme of change and mirrors what Saeed and Nadia will experience in their own relationship.(less)

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Ted I agree with your comment. It resonates with the passage later on that we are all migrants in time if not in geography. Saeed's parents relationship c ...more
Sep 19, 2022 12:33AM · flag

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