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Title: The Child in Time by Ian McEwan ISBN: 0-385-49752-0 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 02 November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (16 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: the loss of a child from a father's perspective..
Comment: 'The Child in Time' has many of the hallmarks of a McEwan novel. It is extremely well written, splendid characterizations, and it is a slow-paced read. Full kudos on his use of written English but as with his other works, even the terrific 'Atonement', he seems to stretch what should be a relatively short piece of fiction into twice or three times its appropriate length.
However 'The Child in Time' is certainly an interesting read. A young couple losses a daughter in a most traumatic way ... abduction. We then live through its aftermath from the father's viewpoint (..the father character narrates the story). The author is extremely sensitive and caring in the way he handles the the father's shock and ultimate recovery (..in a sense) of the situation. A very well-observed analysis.
Bottom line: at times McEwan's over-elegant prose almost buries the keen psychological analysis of parental suffering. Yet it's a most memorable read (even to single guys like me).
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderfully engaging
Comment: I have been a fan of McEwan's for years now and this novel did not dissapoint. It has so many interesting themes that there isn't a second to be bored. I was especially fascinated by the time travelling aspect of the book.
The loss of Stephen's daughter and his subsequent disintigration is masterfully handled. The ending is very moving and beautifully portrayed. The one criticism I had was that after three years he became less obsessed with where his daughter was and whether she was alive or dead. I doubt any parent would rest until they found their child. I know I wouldn't.
But all in all, a mesmerizing journey into Stephen's psyche.
Rating: 5
Summary: Magnificent
Comment: This is the first of McEwan's mature novels, and easily one of his best. He goes well beyond the psycho-sexual darkness of his short stories and novellas into new philosophical territory. When it opens with the daughter of children's author Stephen Lewis being snatched from the local supermarket, you could be forgiven for thinking this novel is going to be about Stephen's obsessive, fruitless search for her and his inevitable psychological collapse. But Kate's disappearance is just the beginning. McEwan sidesteps the perils of family melodrama and rapidly escalates this into an intelligent and surprisingly moving novel about childhood, memory, growth, the horrors of conservative politics, and the joys of theoretical physics. McEwan's topic is time, and in addressing it from unexpected and seemingly disparate directions he demonstrates that a novel doesn't have to be an obvious, linear, plot-driven story. By the end, you realise you have in fact been told a wonderful story - one about Stephen's emotional adaptation - but that the novel is all the better because this has not been the explicit or only focus. In fact, all the pieces of this dazzlingly audacious philosophical puzzle slot perfectly into place in a final chapter which is as wonderfully unexpected as it is profoundly moving. McEwan's gift is for making the "big themes" real for us; for showing us how they're constantly moving, like continental plates, beneath the mundanity of our every day lives. He takes you places you don't expect to go. He assumes you're as intelligent as he is, and he gives you plenty to think about and plenty to do. When it works, as it does here, it's wonderful.
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Title: The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan ISBN: 0679750185 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 13 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Black Dogs : A Novel by Ian McEwan ISBN: 0385494327 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 29 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Enduring Love : A Novel by Ian McEwan ISBN: 0385494149 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 29 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan ISBN: 0679749845 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: The Innocent : A Novel by Ian McEwan ISBN: 0385494335 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 29 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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