A masterful Ian McEwan explores the incredible fragility of existence, as he charts one hugely eventful day in the life of a middle-aged neurosurgeon
On Chesil Beach
Written by Ian McEwan
- Shortlisted
- The Man Booker Prize 2007
- Published by Jonathan Cape
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Ian McEwan’s devastating novel about ways in which the entire course of a life can be changed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken
What speaks louder - inaction or unspoken words? It is June, 1962. In a hotel on the Dorset coast, overlooking Chesil Beach, Edward and Florence, married that morning, are sitting down to dinner in their room. Neither is entirely able to suppress anxiety about the wedding night to come…
Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan, born in Aldershot, England, is a critically acclaimed author and winner of the Booker Prize 1998
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