L'amore fatale
by:
Susanna Basso (author)
Ian McEwan (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788806152079 (8806152076)
Publish date: 1999
Publisher: Einaudi
Pages no: 283
Edition language: Italian
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...
I’m a tremendous fan of Ian McEwan’s books (particularly On Chesil Beach and The Comfort of Strangers) but this was a huge letdown. It has a wonderful plot; a couple are on a picnic on a very windy day when they see a hot air balloon that is in trouble. A young boy is stuck inside the basket, his gr...
This is a brilliant and woefully underrated book. It's only the third book I have read by McEwan, but I still strongly suspect that it is his masterpiece. I expected that to be |Atonement which is certainly very good, but this book is better.It is a novel that is in some sense about the conflict b...
Enduring Love Author: Ian McEwan Genres: British Literature, Contemporary Fiction Setting: United Kingdom James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (1997) I have never experienced reading a book that immediately filled me with a sense of foreboding. The beginning chapter of Ian McEwan’s ...
it's possible Ian McEwan is the acid test of contemporary British letters. first things first, he has a quarter-million reads here on GR for [b:Atonement|6867|Atonement|Ian McEwan|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320449708s/6867.jpg|2307233], and so he's part literary writer and part uppe...
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