Alan Cowell
McEwan dealt with these themes by creating characters who expressed them through sexual deviations and violence or acted them through to their logical conclusion. Thus he was able to confront previously repressed aspects of his inner life and resolve some of his emotional problems in safety, while ...
McEwan's Life McEwan's Works Save to Bookshelf Recommended Reading Send Us Feedback In July 2018 Ian McEwan published the short story “Düssel…”. In an interview (McAloon) McEwan has commented that the writing of this 2000-word piece was useful preparation for the writing of the novel...
He was born on June 21, 1948 to David McEwan and Rose Lillian Violet. Although he was born in Aldershot, England, his father was a non-commissioned officer of the British army who frequently travelled to military bases around the world. McEwan thus spent most of his childhood abroad in ...
The British novelist was once described as a 'chronicler of the physics of everyday life.’ With a body of work suffused with scientific fascination, what does he see as the novel's role in humanity's reckoning with its darkest threats?
Ian McEwan, James Joyce and novellasBy David L. Ulin
Cecilia Tallis from Ian McEwan’s Atonement is one of the most interesting characters I’ve read about in recent years. While we only get to see things from Cecilia’s perspective from her perspective, she is mentioned throughout the novel. The evolution of her relationship with Robbie, Get ...
The life-changing power of storytelling Ian McEwan's 2001 novelAtonementbegan with a single image. While sitting in a park with his boys playing nearby,McEwan imagined"a young woman standing in a doorway, with wild flowers in her hand, looking for a vase." Spiraling out from single thought...
First his own life ruined, then everybody else’s”(McEwan 2002, 217).Tyrannical forces of destruction seem to win the day in both the private sphereand the public life of Western civilization.In the third section as well, personal events are closely connected to thelarger social and ...
It's a Matter of Good Manners, Mr McEwan; the MoS Report Revealing How BookerPrize Winner Ian McEwan Copied the Work of a Romantic Novelist Caused a Sensation around the World. Now the Journalist Who Broke the Story Defends Herself against the Personal (and Ill-Informed) Attacks of McEwan'...