Robyn asked this question about My Year of Rest and Relaxation:
Did anyone else notice the discrepancies with the protagonist's age? She says at the beginning of the novel that she was 24 in 2000 and turned 25 in August of that year. Yet, at other points in the novel she talks about having been out of college for around 5 years and she also mentions her birth is is 1973. Was there a reason for this?
Erica M. I'm answering this over two years late but I believe I have an answer and can hopefully clarify things for anyone who comes across this in the future …moreI'm answering this over two years late but I believe I have an answer and can hopefully clarify things for anyone who comes across this in the future with similar confusion: it's an actual error and not purposefully done. I'm reading the book now, and noticed that in some reviews people mentioned that the narrator's age is 24, when my copy of the book mentions that she is 26, and later turning 27. Her birthday is still August 1973, so it all makes sense in my copy. It seems that in newer printings of the books, the age has been corrected! So her "real" age is 26 going on 27, the 24 going on 25 in previous editions must have been an oversight. (less)
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