On Chesil Beach

Name: On Chesil Beach - Penguin Random House South Africa
SKU: 9780099512790
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Ian McEwan

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About the book

Edward and Florence arrive at Chesil Beach, unaware their wedding night will define their lives.

It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknownst to them both, the events of the evening will haunt them for the rest of their lives.

'A masterpiece' Times Literary Supplement

'A wonderful and moving portrait of a specific time, and two of its hostages, and how to make a mess of love' Irish Times

'McEwan brings Florence and Edward touchingly alive for us' Guardian

About the Author

Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen 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; Machines Like Me; and Lessons. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.