The Child in Time
Winner of the Whitbread Novel Award 1987
$25.02
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
25 July 1997
Summary
Rejacketed in a stunning new series style for 2023, The Child in Time is the extraordinary novel behind the 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 writer of children’s books, turns his back momentarily. When he looks around again, his child is gone. In a single moment…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099755012 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099755017 |
| Author: | Ian McEwan |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 25 July 1997 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Vintage Books |
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Critics Review
His masterpiece
Spooky…a wonderful novel * Observer *
The Child in Time is an extraordinary achievement * Guardian *
It is marvellously written, moving, serious, readable… If you want to be appalled, refreshed, exhilarated, enlivened - read it * Sunday Times *
His masterpiece
Artistically, morally, and politically, he excels * The Times *
His best work to date * Irish Times *
This book describes the panic of losing a child… The engulfing destructive pain is brilliantly explored * Week *
The Child in Time is a dense, atmospheric book as much concerned with philosophical debate as with plot. * Daily Telegraph *
Spooky…a wonderful novel * Observer *
The Child in Time is an extraordinary achievement * Guardian *
About The Author
Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; Machines Like Me; and Lessons. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.
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