While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Twenty-five years later Roland's wife mysteriously vanishes, and he is left alone with their baby son. Her disappearance sparks a journey of discovery that will continue for decades, as Roland confronts the reality of his rootless existence and attempts to embrace the uncertainty - and freedom - of his future.
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Ian McEwan is an acclaimed British author renowned for his incisive novels that delve into the intricacies of human psychology and morality. His stylistic precision and his ability to evoke profound emotions make his works unforgettable. McEwan's narratives often explore themes of guilt, memory, and the far-reaching consequences of pivotal decisions. He writes with a delicate balance between intellectual depth and emotional resonance, earning him global recognition.


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- 2022
- 2020
Erkenntnis und Schönheit
Über Wissenschaft, Literatur und Religion
Ian McEwan betrachtet die Geschichte der Wissenschaft als faszinierende Saga, die intellektuellen Mut und Inspiration vereint. In brillanten Essays untersucht er das Verhältnis von Wissenschaft und Literatur sowie die Verbindung zu unserer menschlichen Natur, illustriert durch Figuren wie Darwin, Einstein und Turing.
- 2019
Ian McEwan jak nikt inny potrafi przemawiać równie mocno do rozumu, co do serc czytelników, a „W imię dziecka” jest tego najlepszym przykładem. CZŁOWIEK KONTRA CZŁOWIEK RELIGIA KONTRA PRAWO. Fiona Maye, sędzia brytyjskiego Sadu Najwyższego, specjalistka od prawa rodzinnego, cieszy się w swoim środowisku świetną opinią. Kariera zawodowa nie rekompensuje jej jednak pustki w życiu osobistym. Jej związek z mężem wydaje się wypalony i w momencie, w którym Fiona zajmuje się jako sędzia niezwykle trudna sprawa, jej małżeństwo wchodzi w fazę głębokiego kryzysu. Ona tymczasem musi podjąć decyzję, której konsekwencji nie sposób przewidzieć. Siedemnastoletni chłopak z powodów religijnych odmawia poddania się leczeniu, skazując się tym samym na śmierć. Fiona może to zmienić. Jej werdykt przesądzi o życiu i śmierci. Tylko czy ma do tego prawo? I czy będzie potrafiła żyć z konsekwencjami swojej decyzji?
- 2019
- 2019
Mashiny kak ja
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
- 2019
Science
- 144 pages
- 6 hours of reading
VINTAGE GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.A series of short books by the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human
- 2019
Machines Like Me
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Machines Like Me occurs in an alternative 1980s London. 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 synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he co-designs Adam's personality. This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong and clever - a love triangle soon forms. These three beings will confront a profound moral dilemma. Ian McEwan's subversive and entertaining new novel poses fundamental questions- what makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the human heart? This provocative and thrilling tale warns of the power to invent things beyond our control.
- 2019
"Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation he is the most powerful man in Britain – and it is his mission to carry out the will of the people. Nothing must get in his way: not the opposition, nor the dissenters within his own party. Not even the rules of parliamentary democracy."--Publisher description.
- 2018
Fin da ragazzi Parker e Jocelyn hanno condiviso tutto: letture, progetti, ambizioni letterarie. Le alterne fortune degli esordi non hanno fatto che temprare un'amicizia apparentemente destinata a durare per sempre. Perfino oltre l'improvviso successo di Jocelyn e l'altrettanto rapido declino di Parker. Perfino nei mondi ormai irrimediabilmente antitetici delle loro mezze età: una famiglia numerosa, un lavoro da insegnante e pochi libri all'attivo, tutti dimenticati, in un caso; un matrimonio fallito, la fama, il bel mondo delle lettere, nell'altro. Perfino allora, drasticamente separati dalla vita, Parker e Jocelyn restano inseparabili, «una famiglia», come amano ripetersi. Fino al giorno in cui, nella splendida casa dell'amico, Parker trova il dattiloscritto del suo ultimo romanzo. Lo legge d'un fiato: è il migliore che Jocelyn abbia mai scritto, la porta di accesso alla posterità. Come resistere alla tentazione di diventare lui? Del resto che cosa significa essere io, essere lui? Secondo una prospettiva particolarmente cara ai romanzieri, ci ricorda McEwan nel saggio che compendia il volume, l'io non è che «un racconto incessantemente riscritto», la «storia che raccontiamo a noi stessi». Se la biografia si sdoppia, dunque - lo scrittore di successo versus l'everyman travolto dal quotidiano - anche il racconto che l'io ne fa si può sdoppiare, ed è così che fra le pagine di un unico profumato romanzo viola si può consumare il crimine perfetto.






