Items related to The Cement Garden (Vintage International)
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.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
"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
From the Publisher:
"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 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
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherAnchor Books
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0679750185
- ISBN 13 9780679750185
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
- Rating
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
The Cement Garden
Published by
Anchor
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0679750185
ISBN 13: 9780679750185
New
Soft cover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Book. Seller Inventory # ABE-1668096764125
Buy New
£ 9.92
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Cement Garden by McEwan, Ian [Paperback ]
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780679750185
Buy New
£ 10.66
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Cement Garden Format: Paperback
Published by
Penguin Random House
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0679750185
ISBN 13: 9780679750185
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 0679750185
Buy New
£ 8.36
Convert currency
Seller Image
Buy New
£ 9.51
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Cement Garden (Paperback)
Published by
Random House USA Inc, New York
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0679750185
ISBN 13: 9780679750185
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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 forgettingor denying.In the arid summer heat, four childrenJack, Julie, Sue and Tomfind 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 childrens lives twist into something unrecognizable as the outside begins to bear down on them. Dont miss Ian McEwans new novel, Lessons. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780679750185
Buy New
£ 14.87
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Cement Garden
Published by
Random House
(1994)
ISBN 10: 0679750185
ISBN 13: 9780679750185
New
Softcover
Quantity: 3
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. pp. 160. Seller Inventory # 26827222
Buy New
£ 12.80
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Cement Garden
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0679750185
Buy New
£ 17.52
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Cement Garden
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon0679750185
Buy New
£ 19.93
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Cement Garden
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0679750185
Buy New
£ 20.94
Convert currency
Stock Image
Buy New
£ 15.62
Convert currency