First Love, Last Rites - Couverture souple

McEwan, Ian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0330248308 ISBN 13 : 9780330248303

Editeur : Picador, 1980

Synopsis

This is a collection of short stories which won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976. The awakening sensations of first love and its ritual initiations are the main topics of the short stories contained in this book.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Ian McEwan is the bestselling author of more than ten books, including the novels The Comfort of Strangers and Black Dogs, both shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Amsterdam, winner of the Booker Prize, and The Child in Time, winner of the Whitbread Award, as well as the story collections First Love, Last Rites, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and In Between the Sheets. He has also written screenplays, plays, television scripts, a children’s book, and the libretto for an oratorio. He lives in London.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador
• Date d'édition: 1980
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0330248308
• ISBN 13: 9780330248303
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible