On Chesil Beach - Brossura

McEwan, Ian

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ISBN 10: 0307386171 ISBN 13: 9780307386175

Casa editrice: Anchor Books, 2008

Riassunto

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan

The bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Atonement brilliantly illuminates the collision of sexual longing, deep-seated fears, and romantic fantasy on a young couple’s wedding night.

It is 1962, and Florence and Edward are celebrating their wedding in a hotel on the Dorset coast. Yet as they dine, the expectation of their marital duties become overwhelming. Unbeknownst to them both, the decisions...

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“Heartbreaking. . . . Breathtaking. . . . Masterly. . . . No one now writing in English surpasses or even matches McEwan's accomplishment." —The Washington Post Book World

“Remarkable, engaging, and gripping. . . . On Chesil Beach is not only a wonderful read but also perhaps that rarest of things: a perfect novel." —San Francisco Chronicle

“Dazzling. . . . McEwan treats [his subject] with a boundless sympathy, one...

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L'autore

Ian McEwan is the bestselling author of seventeen books, including the novels Nutshell; The Children Act; Sweet Tooth; Solar, winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize; On Chesil Beach; Saturday; Atonement, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the W. H. Smith Literary Award; The Comfort of Strangers and Black Dogs, both short-listed for the Booker Prize; Amsterdam, winner of the Booker Prize; and The Child in Time, winner of the Whitbread Award; as well as the story collections First...

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Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Anchor Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0307386171
• ISBN 13: 9780307386175
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 203