On Chesil Beach
by Ian McEwan
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Publication date
- June 10, 2008
“No one now writing in English surpasses or even matches McEwan’s accomplishment.” —
The Washington Post Book WorldIt is 1962, and Florence and Edward are celebrating their wedding in a hotel on the Dorset coast. Yet as they dine, the expectation of their marital duties become overwhelming. Unbeknownst to them both, the decisions they make this night will resonate throughout their lives. With exquisite prose, Ian McEwan creates in
On Chesil Beach a story of lives transformed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken.Don’t miss Ian McEwan’s new novel, Lessons.
