Solar
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9783257067651 (3257067658)
Publish date: September 28th 2010
Publisher: Diogenes
Pages no: 405
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Science,
Technology,
Criticism,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
Nobel Prize
Tja was soll ich über Solar sagen? Dass Mc Evan meiner Meinung nach immer ein bisschen zu langwierig und episch breit herumschreibt, bevor seine Geschichten zum Punkt kommen und spannend werden, habe ich ja schon als Kardinalschwächte des Autors ausgemacht. Normalerweise kommt aber bei Mc Evan im Pl...
Not one of his best, preferred the earlier works. But then, you cant hit the spot for every reader every time.
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2010/04/review-solar-by-ian-mcewan.html
I really enjoyed Solar. I guess I'm not giving it 5 stars because it isn't my favourite Ian McEwan book. It's funny and some of the reflections about global projects were illuminating (and unfortunately rang true).
I am reneging here on a verbal star assignation for this book. About half way through there is a tale in which Beard eats a bag of chips on a train from Heathrow to Paddington. At the end of this story, I set the book down and told my husband, no matter what, this book just got a 5 star rating. I...
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