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Sentimental educations. (novelists Susan Daitch and Gustave Flaubert)

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From: The Review of Contemporary Fiction
Date: 19930622
Author:Allen, Esther

Susan Daitch's 'L.C.' shares many commonalities with Gustave Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary,' beyond the obvious similarities between Emma's and Lucienne's failed marriages. Lucienne says that she has nothing to say about affection, and instead focuses on tangible things. This could be a reflection on what Flaubert leaves out of his book. What Daitch chooses not to include is what gives her book meaning. Both works subvert themselves in the end, throwing doubt on the entire validity of narrative and translation. Willa and Jane's relationship to Lucienne, whom they translate, parallels Daitch's ...

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