Based on a case in the press a few years ago of a woman teacher in love with her fifteen-year-old student, this novel, although a major film at present, is eminently worth reading. The dry, pedantic and obsessive prose covers a multitude of contradictions and hidden meanings in mother-child, lover-victim and family relationships, as well as social commentary. A must.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 39 April 2007 ) |
