Novelist and poet Heather O’Neill reflects on how the tension in Munro’s stories lies in the moment a woman’s longing will release her from her mundane life.
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These movies are not simply the biggest-budgeted or most outrageously plotted of the decade, but rather works that encapsulate an impulse within the decade to unveil unseen worlds.
The outrage misdirected at Lolita – and its author – does nothing to negate the realities it reflects. Reading Nabokov’s novel now raises questions about censorship, book banning and human nature.