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On Chesil Beach

by Ian McEwan · 2007

Literary Fiction · ranked #78 in category

On the night of their wedding in 1962, Florence and Edward — both in their early twenties, both carrying things they cannot say — find themselves unable to negotiate what both of them want. McEwan's novella is about the irreversible: the moment a life turns on a failure of communication, and the weight the past puts on those who have to live with it.

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The verdict

Category
Literary Fiction
First published
2007 · 2000s
Author
Ian McEwan
Standing
Essential Read

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