Quote of the Week – no.22
“He knew these last lines by heart and mouthed them now in the darkness. My reason for life. Not living, but life. That was the touch. And she was his reason for life, and why he must survive.” Atonement, by Ian McEwan
“He knew these last lines by heart and mouthed them now in the darkness. My reason for life. Not living, but life. That was the touch. And she was his reason for life, and why he must survive.” Atonement, by Ian McEwan
“Her life with others no longer interests him. He wants only her stalking beauty, her theatre of expressions. He wants the minute secret reflection between them, the depth of field minimal, their foreignness intimate like two pages of a closed book.” The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje
“I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who’s ever lived: I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul; and … More Quote of the Week – no.13
The Comfort of Strangers is a tale of gothic horror and murder. In classic McEwan style, it begins with a relationship that could not appear more normal if it tried. You simply can’t read a McEwan without thinking the worst, without waiting for that twist or turn that is, inevitably, to come. We meet Colin … More Ian McEwan – The Comfort of Strangers (1981)