On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach
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In a hotel on the Dorset coast, overlooking Chesil Beach, Edward and Florence, who got married that morning, are sitting down to dinner in their room. Neither is entirely able to suppress their anxieties about the wedding night to come. This is a story about how the entire course of a life can be changed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken.
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On Chesil Beach by Ian Mcewan
It is June 1962. In a hotel on the Dorset coast, overlooking Chesil Beach, Edward and Florence, who got married that morning, are sitting down to dinner in their room. Neither is entirely able to suppress their anxieties about the wedding night to come..."On Chesil Beach" is another masterwork from Ian McEwan - a story about how the entire course of a life can be changed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken.
Ian McEwan is the author of two collections of stories and ten previous novels, including Enduring Love, Amsterdam, for which he won the Booker Prize in 1998, Atonement and Saturday.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780224081184 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224081187 |
| Title | On Chesil Beach |
| Author | Ian Mcewan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2007-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Prizes | Winner of British Book Awards: Galaxy Book of the Year Award 2008, Winner of British Book Awards: Reader's Digest Author of the Year Award 2008, Short-listed for Irish Book Awards: RTE Radio 1's The Tubridy Show Listeners' Choice Award 2008, Short-listed for Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2007, Short-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2007 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |