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Baseball and the Zen of Ian McEwan

by Rodger Jacobs

[8.Sep.09] :. Ian McEwan came to mind tonight while watching the Dodgers-Padres game on TV. God knows how baseball and a British novelist intersect but such are the wanderings of the human mind. I have had a...

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The Sins of the Sister

by Jennifer Makowsky

[14.Feb.08] :. A director can translate a writer’s words to the screen beautifully, but he can never alter their power on the page. The book and film versions of Atonement prove this all too well.

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Atonement

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Dec.07] :. The lingering deaths of soldiers and the lost causes they embody serve as tragic backdrops to the less compelling plot points embodied by Briony and her characters.

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On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

by Chris Barsanti

[29.May.07] :. The precise nature of McEwan's writing fortunately doesn't leave him scrabbling about looking for gentle euphemisms when it comes to talking about the naughty bits.

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Saturday by Ian McEwan

by Jeff Gomez

[22.Mar.05] :. While the final effect is like a pointillist painting that adds up to something amazing, waiting for McEwan to connect the dots becomes a little tiring.

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