by Ian McEwan
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A classic McEwan in that this novel is not so much a story as a study.Jeremy, orphaned as a child and raised half-heartedly by his single mom sister, became very close to his inlaws. This novel is his trying to piece together and understand the reasons for their extended (decades long) separation. B...
The introduction to this book blew me away. It sometimes so happens that I start reading a book without really thinking about it. For the first 5, 10 pages, I don't take it "seriously", if you will. I think it's sort of a professional flaw, after reading so many books, I know from the very first one...
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Now I know where Jonathan Coe found the inspiration for "The Rain Before It Falls". These two novels seem written by the same hand. Astonishing.Here it follows a little list, of some of the similiarities between these two novels.- A dying elderly woman.- Her memories.- Her broke-up with the love of ...
This is the 3rd Ian McEwan book I've read and I have to say I was disappointed. The others, Atonement and Saturday were both profound and so incredibly well written. I found Saturday to be initially very slow and disjoint, but it all comes together rapidly and definitely gives you an interesting p...
"Black Dogs's" closest contemporary in the McEwan oeuvre is probably the novel "Saturday," as both can be read to satisfaction without acknowledging their political genesis, though at some level trying to read these very timely novels outside of their context seems to sell the whole purpose short. ...
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