On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
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On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach
Summary
It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknownst to them both, the events of the evening will haunt them for the rest of their lives.
On Chesil Beach Summary
On Chesil Beach Reviews
"Wonderful...exquisite...devastating" * Independent on Sunday *
"On Chesil Beach is more than an event. It is a masterpiece" * Times Literary Supplement *
"Superb... The protagonists have everything to lose, and their faltering journey towards a point of no return is conjured into life my McEwan with irresistible subtlety, tact and force" * Financial Times *
"Exquisitely crafted" * Evening Standard *
"Written with a fierce pursuit of the truth and an utterly modern self-awareness, what a confidant tour de force this turns out to be" * Sunday Express *
"On Chesil Beach is more than an event. It is a masterpiece" * Times Literary Supplement *
"Superb... The protagonists have everything to lose, and their faltering journey towards a point of no return is conjured into life my McEwan with irresistible subtlety, tact and force" * Financial Times *
"Exquisitely crafted" * Evening Standard *
"Written with a fierce pursuit of the truth and an utterly modern self-awareness, what a confidant tour de force this turns out to be" * Sunday Express *
About Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; and Nutshell, which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time.
Additional information
GOR009104022
9781784705565
178470556X
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
2018-05-03
176
N/A
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