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In between the sheets, and other stories
The earliest high-confidence catalog date in this author overview is 1978.
Author
Born 21 June 1948
Also known as IAN MCEWAN, Ian Mcewan, ian McEwan, MCEWAN IAN, McEwan Ian, ian mcewan
Ian Russell McEwan (born 21 June 1948) is a British novelist and screenwriter. He began his career writing sparse, Gothic short stories. His first two novels, The Cement Garden (1978) and The Comfort of Strangers (1981), earned him the nickname "Ian Macabre". These were followed by three novels of some success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His 1997 novel Enduring Love was adapted into a film of the same name. He won the Booker Prize with Amsterdam (1998). He was awarded the 1999 Shakespeare Prize. His next novel, Atonement (2001), garnered acclaim and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film. He received the 2011 Jerusalem Prize. His later novels have included The Children Act, Nutshell, Machines Like Me and What We Can Know.
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A way in
A considered starting point for reading Ian McEwan, drawn from catalog context and salon activity when available.
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The earliest high-confidence catalog date in this author overview is 1978.
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A clearly attributed work with a supported 1981 catalog date.
The catalog
165 works
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Readers in conversation
Public notes, reviews, lists, and conversations around Ian McEwan.
It is photography itself that creates the illusion of innocence. Its ironies of frozen narrative lend to its subjects an apparent unawareness that they will change or die. It is the future they are innocent of. Fifty years on we look at them with the godly kn…
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https://www.scaruffi.com/fiction/best100.html i should note there is like no way he read all of these books lmao its just a pretty cool list i think
A relatively light, easy read, despite the subject matter. McEwan's prose is uncomplicated but still evocative, though it's still a bit too plain for my taste (and not even in the between-the-lines Hemingway sort of way). The film is 10/10 though, young Keira…