First Love, Last Rites: Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (839 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0679750193 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 165 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Taut, brooding, and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness. Ian McEwan's Somerset Maugham Award-winning collection First Love, Last Rites brought him instant recognition as one of the most influential voices writing in England today. These tales are as horrifying as anything written by Clive Barker or Stephen King, but they are crafted with a lyricism and intensity that compel us to confront our secret kinship with the horrifying.
"McEwan has a powerful talent that is both weird and wonderful." --Boston Sunday Globe"Ian McEwan's fictional world combines the bleak, dreamlike quality of de Chirico's city-scapes with the strange eroticism of canvases by Balthus. Menace lies crouched between the lines of his neat, angular prose, and weird, grisly things occur in his books with nearly casual aplomb." --The New York Times"McEwan is a splendid magician of fear." --Village Voice Literary Supplement
"Three Stars" according to DAF. Interesting to see this early work by a masterful writer. But the stories were juvenile.. "Three Stars" according to jim glover. Not my favorite work of an author i admire greatly.. Four Stars Caryn Enjoyed reading these short stories.