'The Reader' is about a young man's experience of falling in love with somebody who, it turns out, made some choices that were unavoidable in her life that resulted in horrific crimes against humanity.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The literary story is a story that deals with the complicated human heart with an honest tolerance for the ambiguity in which we live. No good guys, no bad guys, just guys: that is, people bearing up in the crucible of their days and certainly not always - if ever - capable of articulating their condition.
I don't think with any book you get used to people falling in love with the story. It's been incredible just to realize your books are being read. It's a pretty amazing feeling.
The novel is a penetrating study of morals and ethics.
A writer falls in love with an idea and gets carried away.
I love the novel because it's like a love affair. You can just fall into it and keep going, and you never know where it's going to take you.
I read 'Rebecca' when I was a teenager and was swept away by the powerful voice, the gut wrenching suspense and the dark, twisted love story at its center.
It's the pursuit of love and happiness that is the driving force of the romantic novel.
I used to be more of a purist about literature. I thought, 'If it's a really propulsive story, then maybe there's something unliterary about it.'
I never think of the reader. I am curious about things; I need to find out, so off I go.
I have no particular reader in mind, but a passionate desire to tell an honest, moving story.