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Book on chesil beach6/1/2023 ![]() ![]() Brief and elegiac, On Chesil Beach spotlights the talents of a literary grand master at the top of his game. One of McEwan's greatest skills is his ability to limn the precise, irrevocable moment in which life changes forever.Īnd although that moment is telegraphed within the first few pages of this rueful tale, it loses none of its tragic, devastating force when it occurs. At the eastern end of the beach at the village of Chiswell, against the cliffs of the Isle of Portland, the beach curves round sharply to form Chesil Cove. Locked in their inhibitions and utterly unable to discuss their fears and needs, they are victims not only of personal experience but of a distinctively British brand of repression destined to crumble in the sexual revolution. The beach and the Fleet are part of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the location for a book, On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan. ![]() ![]() He longs to consummate the marriage she is repelled by the very idea. Set in the borderland of English history immediately before the liberation and licence of the swinging sixties, McEwan reveals how a life can be irrevocably altered by a moment’s twist of fate. Very much in love, Edward and Florence are predictably nervous, but for different reasons. On Chesil Beach Paperback Jby Ian McEwan (Author) 4,707 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. One of Ian McEwan’s most achingly moving and expertly honed novels, On Chesil Beach is a masterpiece of miscommunication and mistaken intent. Ian McEwan's emotionally charged novel follows an inexperienced young couple through their disastrous wedding night at a Dorset hotel in 1962. ![]()
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