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Brought to you by Penguin.It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknown
En infernalsk historie om venskaber og magtkampe - moral og anstændighed. Om kvinden Molly, der dør, og de fire (!) mænd hun efterlader; ægtemanden George og tre elskere, hvoraf de to forenes i fælles afsky for den tredje. Historien ender i Amsterdam, og
Peter Fortune is a daydreamer. He's a quiet ten year old who can't help himself from dropping out of reality and into the amazing world of his vivid imagination. His daydreams are fantastic and fascinating - only in the bizarre and disturbing worl
Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse but not with John. Instead, she's with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witn
Rose Blanche was the name of a group of young German citizens who, at their peril, protested against the war. Like them, Rose observes all the changes going on around her which others choose to ignore. She watches as the streets of her small German town f
Two old friends - Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday - meet at the funeral of gorgeous, witty Molly Lane. Both men had been Molly's lovers years before their dazzling success; Clive is Britain's most eminent modern composer and Vernon is the editor
Black Dogs is a dark and brooding masterpiece from Booker-prize winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan. In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had planned an idyllic holida
Into a Berlin wrenched between East and West, comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham, assigned to a British-American surveillance team . Though only a pawn in an international plot, Leonard uses his secret work to escape the bonds of his ordinary life
'Dazzling... Profound and urgent' Observer 'A book of great maturity, beautifully alive to the fragility of happiness and all forms of violence... Everyone should read Saturday' Financial Times Saturday, February 15, 2003. Henry Perowne, a
**AS FEATURED ON BBC2'S BETWEEN THE COVERS ** Discover the tragic masterpiece from Booker prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling Ian McEwan. One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose's calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accide
On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecili
Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: his wife is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. When Beard&
'A web of spying, subterfuge, deceit and betrayal... Acute, witty...winningly cunning' Sunday Times The year is 1972, the Cold War is far from over and Serena Frome, in her final year at Cambridge, is being groomed for MI5. Sent on Operation Sweet
Rediscover the classic novel of love, violence and obsessions from Booker prize-winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan. Colin and Mary are a couple whose intimacy knows no bounds. Away on a holiday together in a nameless city, they get lost on
Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch 'Only Ian McEwan could write about loss with such telling honesty' Benedict Cumberbatch On a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known wr
In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves...
**Number One Sunday Times Bestseller** Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synt
Kafka meets The Thick Of It in a bitingly funny new political satire from Ian McEwan That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature. Jim Sams has undergone a metamorpho
The story of a life. The story of the year. ' Lessons shows [McEwan] at the very peak of his powers. He has written his masterpiece' Daily Telegraph When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descend
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.
** Sunday Times Number One Bestseller** A classic tale of murder and deceit from one of the world's best storytellers - 'a masterpiece' The Times Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home - a dilapidated, pricel
'Beard sank into a gloom of inattention, not because the planet was in peril - that moronic word again - but because someone was telling him it was with such enthusiasm' Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind hi
LEKTIONERer en fængslende roman og en tankevækkende fortælling om, hvordan vi er uløseligt knyttet til tiden, vi lever i, fortalt gennem et enkelt menneskes skæbne. Mens verden forsøger at komme på fode igen efter Anden Verdenskrig, bliver elleveårige Rol
Ian McEwan er tilbage med et imposant værk, fyldt med hemmeligheder og bedrag, om troen på fremtiden. 2014: Under et vådt middagsselskab dedikerer den berømte digter Francis Blundy et digt til sin kone. Ingen af de, der sidder omkring det stearinoplyste b
Atonement is a masterpiece The Times On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia plunge naked into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia
The story of a life. The story of the year. ' Lessons shows [McEwan] at the very peak of his powers. He has written his masterpiece' Daily Telegraph When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descend
Brought to you by Penguin.The mesmerising new novel from Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement. The world is forever changing. But for so many of us, old wounds run deep. Lessons is an intimate yet universal story of love, regret and a restless
The breathtaking new novel from Ian McEwan A thumping literary mystery Independent A gripping page-turner Observer A beautiful novel, full of wisdom and heart. I loved it Elif Shafak 2014: A poem is read aloud once then vanishes without a trace. 2119: A c
Genudgivelse i paperback.Det er en dag i juli 1962. Stedet er Chesil Beach i Dorset, sydengland. Edward og Florence er unge, veluddannede og begge jomfruer denne aften på deres bryllupsnat. Nu sidder de i brudesuiten på det lille hotel og spiser middag. D
Denne bidende kolde vinter midt i halvtredserne er Berlin en hemmelighedsfuld heksekedel af efterkrigsneuroser, spionage og mistillid. Den unge, uerfarne engelske tekniker Leonard Marnham er i byen for at deltage i et engelsk-amerikansk projekt om aflytni
Genudgivelse i paperback. Det er den varmeste dag i sommeren 1935. 13-årige Briony Tallis ser sin søster Cecilia tage tøjet af og træde op i fontænen i parken ved familiens landsted. Ved siden af hende står Robbie Turner, hendes barndomsven, der ligesom C
På sommerens varmeste dag i 1935 overværer 13-årige Briony Tallis flere ting på familiegodset i Sydengland, som det bestemt ikke var meningen, hun skulle være vidne til. Briony, en præpubertær, forkælet efternøler med sværmeriske digteraspirationer er pla
On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecili
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A sharp contemporary morality tale, cleverly disguised as a comic novel, Amsterdam is "a dark tour de force, perfectly fashioned" ( The New York Times ) f rom the bestselling author of Atonement. On a
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement brilliantly illuminates the collision of sexual longing, deep-seated fears, and romantic fantasy on a young couple's wedding night. "No one now writing in English s
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ - From the best-selling author of Atonement and Saturday comes the epic and intimate story of one man's life across generations and historical upheavals. From the Suez Crisis to the Cuban Missil
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish in this "dazzling [and] powerful" novel ( The New York Times ). Henry Per
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A s ymphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness that provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from the acclaimed Booker Prize-winning, internatio
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS FICTION AWARD 2025** 'McEwans most richly layered work' Sunday Times 'A gripping page-turner' Observer 'A daring, beautiful novel, full of wisdom and heart' Elif Shafak A quest, a literary thr
Mens verden forsøger at komme på fode igen efter Anden Verdenskrig, bliver elleveårige Roland Baines' liv vendt på hovedet. Han sendes på kostskole i England, langt væk fra morens beskyttende kærlighed. Hans ensomhed og sårbarhed vækker stærke og komp
HVAD VI VED er et mesterstykke om to elskende, hvis historie har overlevet tidens gang, oversvømmelser og menneskehedensidioti. En roman om troen på fortiden fyldt med hemmeligheder og bedrag. 2014: Under et vådt middagsselskab dedikerer den berømte digt
Den britiske dommer Fiona Maye skal træffe en afgørelse i en sag, der påvirker hende dybt. Som dommer i sager vedrørende familieret har den intelligente Fiona tit truffet svære beslutninger, men hendes faglige succes dækker over hendes sorg over sit barnl
"Nøddeskal" handler om Trudy. Selvom hun har bedraget sin mand, John, så bor hun stadig i deres fælles hjem. En storslået bolig midt i det dyre London. Historien fortælles af Trudy og Johns ufødte barn. Selvom barnet er i sikkerhed inden i i liv
Et elskende par bliver sat på en prøve, der går langt over deres forstand.Charlie driver gennem livet og holder sig langt væk fra et fuldtidsarbejde, men er forelsket i Miranda, en dygtig studerende der må leve med en frygtelig hemmelighed. Da Charlie en
Den søde tand af Ian McEwan er en skønlitterær roman om den smukke Serena Frome, fra England. Serena sendes i 1972 ud på en "hemmelig mission", og her møder hun den unge forfatter Tom Haley, som hun bliver forelsket i. Men problemerne opstår, jo
From the Booker prize-winning, bestselling author of Atonement and Saturday, a genre-bending new novel full of secrets and surprises; an immersive exploration, across time and history, of what can ever be truly known. 2014: At a dinner for close friends a
2014: Bei einem Abendessen mit engen Freunden trägt der Dichter Francis Blundy ein Gedicht zu Ehren seiner Frau Vivien vor. Niemand am kerzenbeleuchteten Tisch ahnt, dass noch Generationen später über dieses Gedicht spekuliert werden wird, denn die einzig