Florence and Edward are engaged couple, living in the 60s of the twentieth century, which not so long ago, but for a moment before the age of sexual liberation, and rock and roll. He just finished
history at University College in London and plans to start working at his father's fiancee.
Her passion is playing the violin, a dream performance at the Wigmore Hall.
the surface it might seem that the more they do not need to be happy, they have everything to start independent lives in pairs.
But there is something missing. Missing talking about desires, the feelings, the perceptions and expectations.
becomes a cause of misinterpretations and misunderstanding of each other.
What is unpleasant for Florence and Edward reads as an incentive, That's what scares Edward, Florence reads as arrogance and confidence.
While staying in your company, each of them does not go out of my own thoughts. There is a lack of questions, explanations, stories. There are only guesses taken for granted. Throughout
period of courtship Edward dreams of sexual fulfillment, which will contribute to his future wife. He dreams about her, about her nakedness and the bodily love that connects them even more. It gives the clear signs of sexual interest. However, for Florence is a problem that does not seem to notice. Avoids such close proximity as long as can. It fills her with disgust and loathing.
lack of sincerity and erroneous reading of suggestion leads to unpleasant events, while Florence is no longer able to go and force myself to do things that have no idea which one it has never been told not show up.
But do we really ever? I had an overwhelming impression, however, is the reason for such behavior girl. The author has not given it directly, not written in black and white, but between the lines of trying to show how she took up with her reluctance and aversion to the male body.
book in itself is neither thrilling nor pathetic, but it is not too dull. Sometimes bore little, but worth it for her to reach, to realize the reality in which the veins of our mother or grandmother. How much has changed and yet still complain about the lack of knowledge about sex a group of teens, it shows significant improvement, and even exaggerate the other way.
McEwan wrote a short story in which truth has, very subtly, he wanted to convey. This truth przemykała gently between the parties and subsequent words in the narrative banal story.
While reading I was a bit tasteless, something so uncomfortable. This means that something is happening that the book 'works' that stirs emotions, though they may prefer not to notice ...
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