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“Okay, so now we’re lower down on the ski jump. Things are getting a little bleak. It’s very claustrophobic: most of the novel is two characters in one room. It’s really the story of a love affair gone awry, a love affair that has degenerated into pathological jealousy. The reason this volume of the novel is called ‘The Captive’ is that he tries to control the movements of his partner to the extent that he can. She’s not literally a captive, but he puts pretty strong pressure on her not to go here or there. The next volume, The Fugitive is the shortest of the volumes, and definitely the bleakest. So we’re really getting into the depths, here. This section of the book involves a break-up, a bereavement, and a slow, incremental, intermittent recovery.” Read more...
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