Here are seven stories from one of England's most acclaimed literary writers.
"A writer in full control of his materials.... In [his] short stories, the effect achieved by McEwan's quiet, precise and sensual touch is that of magic realism--a transfiguration of the ordinary that has a...strong visceral impact." --New York Review of Books
"McEwan proves himself to be an acute psychologist of the ordinary mind." --New York Times Book Review
IAN MCEWAN is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; and Machines Like Me, which was a number-one bestseller. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.
Here are seven stories from one of England's most acclaimed literary writers.
"A writer in full control of his materials.... In [his] short stories, the effect achieved by McEwan's quiet, precise and sensual touch is that of magic realism--a transfiguration of the ordinary that has a...strong visceral impact." --New York Review of Books
"McEwan proves himself to be an acute psychologist of the ordinary mind." --New York Times Book Review
IAN MCEWAN is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; and Machines Like Me, which was a number-one bestseller. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.
