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The Cement Garden Paperback Ian McEwan

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Publication Name
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN
9780679750185

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679750185
ISBN-13
9780679750185
eBay Product ID (ePID)
821669

Product Key Features

Book Title
Cement Garden
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1994
Topic
Psychological, Family Life, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Author
Ian McEwan
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
6.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
93-006332
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"Darkly impressive." -- The Times "A superb achievement: his prose has instant, lucid beauty and his narrative voice has a perfect poise and certainty. His account of deprivation and survival is marvellously sure, and the imaginative alignment of his story is exactly right." -- Tom Paulin "Marvellously creates the atmosphere of youngsters given that instant adulthood they all crave, where the ordinary takes on a mysterious glow and the extraordinary seems rather commonplace. It is difficult to fault the writing or the construction of this eerie fable." -- Sunday Times "A shocking book, morbid, full of repellant imagery - and irresistibly readable...The effect achieved by McEwan's quiet, precise and sensuous touch is that of magic realism -- a transfiguration of the ordinary that has far stronger retinal and visceral impact than the flabby surrealism of so many experimental novels." -- New York Review of Books "His writing is exact, tender, funny, voluptuous, disturbing." -- The Times "The Maestro." -- New Statesman "McEwan has--a style and a vision of life of his own...No one interested in the state and mood of contemporary Britain can afford not to read him." -- John Fowles "A sparkling and adventurous writer." -- Dennis Potter, "A shocking book, morbid, full of repellant imagery--and irresistibly readable.... The effect achieved by McEwan's quiet, precise and sensuous touch is that of magic realism--a transfiguration of the ordinary that has far stronger retinal and visceral impact than the flabby surrealism of so many experimental novels." -- New York Review of Books "Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies ." -- Washington Post Book World "Darkly impressive." -- The Times "A superb achievement: his prose has instant, lucid beauty and his narrative voice has a perfect poise and certainty. His account of deprivation and survival is marvellously sure, and the imaginative alignment of his story is exactly right." --Tom Paulin "Marvellously creates the atmosphere of youngsters given that instant adulthood they all crave, where the ordinary takes on a mysterious glow and the extraordinary seems rather commonplace. It is difficult to fault the writing or the construction of this eerie fable." --Sunday Times "His writing is exact, tender, funny, voluptuous, disturbing." -- The Times "The Maestro." -- New Statesman "McEwan has--a style and a vision of life of his own...No one interested in the state and mood of contemporary Britain can afford not to read him." --John Fowles "A sparkling and adventurous writer." --Dennis Potter, "Darkly impressive." --The Times "A superb achievement: his prose has instant, lucid beauty and his narrative voice has a perfect poise and certainty. His account of deprivation and survival is marvellously sure, and the imaginative alignment of his story is exactly right." -- Tom Paulin "Marvellously creates the atmosphere of youngsters given that instant adulthood they all crave, where the ordinary takes on a mysterious glow and the extraordinary seems rather commonplace. It is difficult to fault the writing or the construction of this eerie fable." -- Sunday Times "A shocking book, morbid, full of repellant imagery - and irresistibly readable...The effect achieved by McEwan's quiet, precise and sensuous touch is that of magic realism -- a transfiguration of the ordinary that has far stronger retinal and visceral impact than the flabby surrealism of so many experimental novels." --New York Review of Books "His writing is exact, tender, funny, voluptuous, disturbing." --The Times "The Maestro." --New Statesman "McEwan has--a style and a vision of life of his own...No one interested in the state and mood of contemporary Britain can afford not to read him." -- John Fowles "A sparkling and adventurous writer." -- Dennis Potter, "A shocking book, morbid, full of repellant imagery - and irresistibly readable... The effect achieved by McEwan's quiet, precise and sensuous touch is that of magic realism -- a transfiguration of the ordinary that has far stronger retinal and visceral impact than the flabby surrealism of so many experimental novels." -- New York Review of Books "Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies ." -- Washington Post Book World "Darkly impressive." -- The Times "A superb achievement: his prose has instant, lucid beauty and his narrative voice has a perfect poise and certainty. His account of deprivation and survival is marvellously sure, and the imaginative alignment of his story is exactly right." -- Tom Paulin "Marvellously creates the atmosphere of youngsters given that instant adulthood they all crave, where the ordinary takes on a mysterious glow and the extraordinary seems rather commonplace. It is difficult to fault the writing or the construction of this eerie fable." -- Sunday Times "His writing is exact, tender, funny, voluptuous, disturbing." -- The Times "The Maestro." -- New Statesman "McEwan has--a style and a vision of life of his own...No one interested in the state and mood of contemporary Britain can afford not to read him." -- John Fowles "A sparkling and adventurous writer." -- Dennis Potter
TitleLeading
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Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
823.914
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In this tour de force of psychological unease--now a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sinead Cusack--McEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting--or denying. Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies.--Washington Post Book World., In this "irresistibly readable" ( New York Review of Books ) tour de force of psychological unease, the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting -- or denying. In the arid summer heat, four children--Jack, Julie, Sue and Tom--find themselves abruptly orphaned. All the routines of childhood are cast aside as the children adapt to a now parentless world. Alone in the house together, the children's lives twist into something unrecognizable as the outside begins to bear down on them. Don't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, Lessons., In this "irresistibly readable" ( New York Review of Books ) tour de force of psychological unease, the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting-- or denying. In the arid summer heat, four children--Jack, Julie, Sue and Tom--find themselves abruptly orphaned. All the routines of childhood are cast aside as the children adapt to a now parentless world. Alone in the house together, the children's lives twist into something unrecognizable as the outside begins to bear down on them. Don't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, Lessons.

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  • Favorite book by my favorite author

    I love Ian McEwan. He is an incredibly gifted writer. I've never been disappointed by any book he's published. This one takes the cake though. It's so weird and extremely well-written. I love that he's not afraid to make his readers feel uncomfortable and yet always wanting to read on. Highly recommend!

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