Nancy 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...

Nancy Definitely is to break stereotypes, since most Westerners think of arranged marriages, prudishness, forceful men, etc. I thought it could have been do…moreDefinitely is to break stereotypes, since most Westerners think of arranged marriages, prudishness, forceful men, etc. I thought it could have been done in a less abrupt way, I found it very heavy-handed.(less)

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