Sunday, October 4, 2009
Book of the weekend
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Am (audio)reading "On Chesil Beach" which is read by the author himself. Turns out that the voice of Ian McEwan - his real voice, not his literary one - is very nearly the same as Ian MacShane's (notably of Deadwood and Lovejoy) and Bill Travers's (Wee Willie Geordie and Born Free). Interestingly, Travers was in at least two episodes of Lovejoy; that must have been odd, audially, since their voices are so similar.
Chesil Beach is an interesting departure for McEwan. He is known and highly touted for intense and psychologically violent stories such as Atonement and The Cement Garden. His prose, however, is remarkably both elegant and accessible. Often it is the case that a careful literary craftsperson is not particularly relaxing or easy to read but McEwan is all that. I'm not going to comment on the story on Chesil Beach right now because it's quite unexpected, but I will write again on it when I am done. In the meantime, already I must say that I recommend it.
Chesil Beach is an interesting departure for McEwan. He is known and highly touted for intense and psychologically violent stories such as Atonement and The Cement Garden. His prose, however, is remarkably both elegant and accessible. Often it is the case that a careful literary craftsperson is not particularly relaxing or easy to read but McEwan is all that. I'm not going to comment on the story on Chesil Beach right now because it's quite unexpected, but I will write again on it when I am done. In the meantime, already I must say that I recommend it.
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