First Love, Last Rites - Stories: Homemade; Solid Geometry; Last Day of Summer; Cocker at the Theatre; Butterflies; Conversation with a Cupboard Man; First Love, Last Rites; Disguises - Softcover
Synopsis
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. 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. 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.
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Review
"Marks the debut of a talented and genuinely imaginative writer" (Julian Barnes New Statesman)
"As promising a first collection of stories as I have ever come across" (Vogue)
"Ian McEwan writes to shock and succeeds... It is a tour-de-force of concision, and funny, too, in a deadpan manner" (Gabriele Annan Times Literary Supplement)
"A writer of uncanny power" (Time)
From the Publisher
A brilliant performance. There's an assured and terribly macabre depravity about Ian McEwan's short stories - as if some of the characters from early Angus Wilson had been painted by Francis Bacon - Observer
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Condition: Bueno. : First Love, Last Rites es una colección de cuentos del autor británico Ian McEwan, publicada en 1975. Los cuentos exploran temas de amor, muerte, perversión y la naturaleza humana en situaciones a menudo macabras y perturbadoras. McEwan es conocido por su estilo lírico y su capacidad para crear atmósferas densas y opresivas, lo que hace de esta colección una lectura inquietante pero fascinante. EAN: 9780140112801 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: First Love, Last Rites Autor: Ian McEwan Editorial: Penguin Idioma: en Páginas: 128 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-08-08-37032b6e
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