About this title: In 1946 a young English couple set off on their honeymoon. In a gorge in the mountains of southern France they encounter a vision of darkness so impenetrable that it alters their lives for ever. This work was nominated for the 1992 Booker Prize.
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Edition: Large Print edition
Binding: softcover
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780786251322ISBN:0786251328
Description: would be Very Good cond. except ex-library/associated marks/stickers, otherwise clean text; cover in great shape; minimal general wear; nice sound binding; Large Print; Unabridged; read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Doubleday, New York
Date Published: 1992
Description: Cover Art. Very Fine + in Very Fine jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Almost no wear at all to book itself, jacket is in great condition except for a tiny tear at bottom of spine, otherwise an excellent book...... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780385425414ISBN:0385425414
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. First Edition. Stated first edition, first printing. Very good with very good d/j in mylar. Light shelf wear, clean pages, tight spine. Owner stamp on fly. read more
Description: Fine. 0385425414 Nan A. Talese/Doubleday hardcover w/dustjacket, 1992, 1st U.S. edition/1st printing, unused, No marks/tears or defects...as New/Fine (like new)...Bubble-wrapped and ed in a Box w/ confirmation. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780330326353ISBN:033032635X
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"This the first novel I've read my McEwan. A third party narrator (son-in-law reflects on the failed marriage of his in-laws as told to him through a series of interviews with each of his in-laws. I found the telling of June's perspective to be fascinating while that of Branard's to be far less so (June is a more interesting person). The black dogs as a symbol of man's cruelty was a bit heavy-handed."
"McEwan is very hit or miss for me. I first read Enduring Love and said I would never read another one of his books again. I heard about Atonement, gave it a try, and loved it. Sadly, I didn't enjoy this book. I found it very random throughout and it was a struggle to keep my attention. In the last chapter, it started to come together for me until the history of the dogs. I just don't understand the purpose of going there."
"A "literary" book if there ever was one. Spare writing, worthwhile reading. I found the fictional introduction more interesting than the body of the book, but McEwan soon abandoned all the possibilities contained therein. A quality writer, but one who seems to think (my guess) that he (or his agent/editors) needs one sometimes disjointed atrocity or shock in each book in order to go mainstream while still maintaining his "literary" reputation. I sometimes think he has a movie contract in one eye's sight and the Booker Prize in the other. Despite these conjectures, I still find his work intelligent and rewarding."
"Considered one of Ian McEwan's less sensational novels, this story of a man trying to make sense of his in-laws' lifelong dispute between idealism and realism, rationalism and the supernatural, centers on an event his mother-in-law experienced on her honeymoon -- she was menaced by black dogs that may or may not have been tools of the Gestapo's occupation of a small French town -- and his own effort to understand the nature of truth. McEwan, as always, writes both sparingly and evocatively, and though the inquiry is highly metaphysical, the story is always gripping and real."
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