Was Lurie a man to be condemned?
This book is about David Lurie, a successful professor, who is 52 years old. He's divorced twice and he doesn't seem to get over it very well. It looks like he sees women as his own possessions, but whenever there is a woman with self-esteem, he describes her as unattractive. He may does this, because he knows that he is weaker than her and he is afraid that she wouldn't want him.
When he meets Melanie he immediately sees, that she is not a very strong woman. She lets other people, like her father or her boyfriend, tell her what she is should do. So it…
