On On Chesil Beach

I won’t say whether the conclusion of Ian McEwan’s new short novel is incredibly uplifting or utterly heartbreaking, since that would be a pretty big spoiler. But it’s definitely one of those two. Read it, read it.

3 Comments:

Blogger hex said...

Hmm, knowing McEwan's work, I lean toward utterly heartbreaking, but either way I want to run down to BookCity and buy it right away. And since it's such a beautiful night in TO (finally!) I just might.

4:55 PM  
Blogger Brian said...

Where do you feel this falls in his oeuvre? As brilliant as AMSTERDAM?

10:14 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hah! Well, much as I enjoyed Amsterdam, in the end it was a bit of a lark, no? Of the ones I've read I'd say this is pretty top-tier, up there with Atonement and The Child in Time.

DW.

9:18 PM  

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