Lessons

av Ian McEwan (forfatter).

Jonathan Cape 2022 Heftet

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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 search for answers.

Lessons is deep and wide, ambitious and humble, wise and substantial... McEwan's best novel in 20 years' New Statesman
'Superb... A wonderful author has delivered another mesmerising, memorable novel' Independent
'Lessons triumphantly achieves its primary aim of conveying the "commonplace and wondrous" intertwining of global history and everyday life' Daily Telegraph

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, as the radiation from the Chernobyl disaster spreads across Europe, Roland's wife mysteriously vanishes and he is forced to confront the reality of his rootless existence and look for answers in his family history.

From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the Covid pandemic and climate change, Roland sometimes rides with the tide of history but more often struggles against it. Haunted by lost opportunities, he seeks solace through every possible means -- literature, travel, friendship, drugs, politics, sex and love.

His journey raises important questions. Can we take full charge of the course of our lives without damage to others? How do global events beyond our control shape us and our memories? What role do chance and contingency play in our existence? And what can we learn from the traumas of the past? contingency play in our existence? And what can we learn from the traumas of the past?

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Forlag Jonathan Cape

Utgivelsesår 2022

Format Heftet

ISBN13 9781787333987

EAN 9781787333987

Genre Historisk litteratur

Omtalt tid Etterkrigstiden 1960-1999

Omtalt sted England

Språk Engelsk

Sider 496

Utgave 1

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Marit Lindtveit Undheim om Leksjoner av Ian McEwan:

18:06, 25. september 2022

Godt skrevet men, for å være ærlig, ganske kjedelig. McEwan bekrefter det vi allerede vet: det foregikk mye sykt på britiske kostskoler. Mange barndommer er ødelagt for barn av yrkesmilitære. McEwan får vist at han kan mye, om bla øst-tyskland, om politikk, musikk, tysk, men det er disse (litt kunstig innskutte avogtil) partiene som gjør boka langdryg og litt kjedelig. Men, han belyser på en innsiktsfull måte hvordan overgrep og en dysfunksjonell oppvekst/foreldrerelasjon preger en person.

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