The Child in Time - Softcover

McEwan, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0886194237 ISBN 13: 9780886194239

Publisher: L&OD / Key Porter Books, 2005

Synopsis

Stephen Lewis, a successful writer of children's books, is confronted with the unthinkable -- his only child, three-year-old Kate, is snatched from him in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realizes his daughter is gone.

With extraordinary tenderness and insight, Booker Prize-winning author Ian McEwan takes us into the dark territory of a marriage devastated by the loss of a child. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife, Julie, on diverging paths as they each struggle with a grief that only seems to intensify with the passage of time. Eloquent and passionate, the novel concludes in a triumphant scene of love and hope that gives full rein to the author's remarkable gifts. The winner of the Whitbread Prize, The Child in Time is an astonishing novel by one of the finest writers of his generation.

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About the Author

Ian McEwan is a critically acclaimed author of short stories and novels for adults, as well as The Daydreamer, a children’s novel illustrated by Anthony Browne. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His other award-winning novels are The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, and Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize.

Edition details

• Publisher: L&OD / Key Porter Books
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0886194237
• ISBN 13: 9780886194239
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 263