This novel is all over the place! McEwan is cramming so many different agendas into 300 pages, it is almost ridiculous.First and foremost, there’s the invention of highly advanced androids that seem to be an almost perfect imitation of humans – they walk and talk like humans, they have a simulated b...
Das neue Werk von Ian McEwan ist nicht nur im Plot, sondern von der Tonalität her völlig anders als all seine bisherigen Werke – zumindest jene, die ich gelesen habe und das waren einige. Normalerweise beziehen seine Figuren bei moralischen, gesellschaftlichen und politischen Themen unterschiedliche...
Atonement was a difficult book for me, to read and rate. There were some points I enjoyed it, but overall the experience was a bit of a let down. The book is told mostly from Briony’s perspective during the period of the Second World War in England. There are also sections a few years on from her ...
One of the current topics causing some hand wringing in our angst-ridden western society is the spectre of artificial intelligence (AI). The potential of AI seems universally acknowledged, but its development, ethics and governance appear more contentious. Moreover, once the genie is released from t...
THIS, FIONA DECIDED as her taxi halted in heavy traffic on Waterloo Bridge, was either about a woman on the edge of a crack-up making a sentimental error of professional judgement, or it was about a boy delivered from or into the beliefs of his sect by the intimate intervention of the secular court....
Il hausse les épaules. "Aucune personne sensée n'est jamais pour la guerre. Mais dans cinq ans, on se félicitera peut-être de l'avoir faite. [...] Tu as raison, ça peut tourner au désastre. Mais ça peut aussi marquer la fin d'un autre désastre et le début de quelque chose de mieux. Tout dépend de l'...
This is the fourth book by Ian McEwan that I’ve reviewed and is the furthest back in his catalogue (1997). Still, the latest read has reaffirmed my belief that McEwan is extraordinarily gifted and a colossus among contemporary British writers. In particular, he has a knack for unpacking a short peri...
"Na plaży Chesil" to historia świeżo poślubionej pary, która chce skonsumować małżeństwo, ale napotyka pewne problemy. Jakie będą konsekwencje podjętych decyzji? O tym już należy dowiedzieć się z lektury książki.Autor przybliża czytelnikowi pochodzenie pary młodych kochanków, to w jaki sposób się po...
A special thank you to NetGalley and Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.McEwan pens a wonderful short story about the perfect literary crime to celebrate his 70th birthday! Written as a confession from Parker Sparrow about his friendship and betrayal of cele...
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