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Saturday. (novel) Saturday (2005) is a novel by Ian McEwan. It is set in Fitzrovia, central London, on Saturday, 15 February 2003, as a large demonstration is taking place against the United States' 2003 invasion of Iraq. The protagonist, Henry Perowne, a 48-year-old neurosurgeon, has planned a series of errands and pleasures, culminating in a ...
In Between the Sheets (1978) is the second collection of short stories by British writer Ian McEwan. Context [ edit ] The collection is McEwan's second book and second collection of short stories, and was regarded by the author (along with his first collection, First Love, Last Rites ) as an opportunity to experiment and find his voice as a writer.
The Comfort of Strangers is a 1981 novel by British writer Ian McEwan. It is his second novel, and is set in an unnamed city (though the detailed description strongly suggests Venice ). Harold Pinter adapted it as a screenplay for a film directed by Paul Schrader in 1990 ( The Comfort of Strangers ), which starred Rupert Everett, Christopher ...
Atonement is a 2001 British metafictional novel written by Ian McEwan. Set in three time periods, 1935 England, Second World War England and France, and present-day England, it covers an upper-class girl's half-innocent mistake that ruins lives, her adulthood in the shadow of that mistake, and a reflection on the nature of writing.
Ian Russell McEwan CH CBE FRSA FRSL (born 21 June 1948) is a British novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, The Times featured him on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" and The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 19 in its list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture ". [1] McEwan began his career writing sparse ...
After a travel-packed 2019, Ian McEwan had planned to stay put in London to write in 2020. The global pandemic made sure of that, ... 10 Pairs of White Sneakers That Go With Everything.
It is an account of some acting couples who simulate sex, only to be interrupted by a couple who are having sex for real. "First Love, Last Rites" the title story tells the tale of a narrator and his teenage lover, Sissel, who enjoy a long summer of love making. As well as acknowledging the immense gratification he gains from satisfying his ...
On Chesil Beach is a 2007 novella by the British writer Ian McEwan.It was selected for the 2007 Booker Prize shortlist.. The Washington Post and Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Jonathan Yardley placed On Chesil Beach on his top ten for 2007, praising McEwan's writing and saying that "even when he's in a minor mode, as he is here, he is nothing short of amazing".