Deeply disturbing, incredibly sad. A novel that resonates in the #MeToo era -- because it was always happening, and it's taken until now to confront it.
I first read it over 40 years ago, when it first came out, and there were elements of it that, I realized, I had never forgotten, especially the final excruciating few pages. A perfect example of how knowing what's going to happen actually ratchets up the tension, and makes it even more painful -- hammering home the knowledge that, however hard you wish for it, you can't change the outcome.
I first read it over 40 years ago, when it first came out, and there were elements of it that, I realized, I had never forgotten, especially the final excruciating few pages. A perfect example of how knowing what's going to happen actually ratchets up the tension, and makes it even more painful -- hammering home the knowledge that, however hard you wish for it, you can't change the outcome.
