Lisa 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...

Lisa Have to disagree. In fact, I loved that part as it portrayed a deep, abiding love. Being hot for one another is how it all starts, isn't it? For the m…moreHave to disagree. In fact, I loved that part as it portrayed a deep, abiding love. Being hot for one another is how it all starts, isn't it? For the majority of couples (I'd say), that heat dissipates, but not for Saeed's parents, which is pretty remarkable. What stopped them were the limitations of their own bodies, not their desires.(less)

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