Black Dogs is a dark and brooding masterpiece from Booker-prize winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.
In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had planned an idyllic holiday, but in France they witness an event that alters the course of their lives entirely.
Forty years on, their son-in-law is trying to uncover the cause of their estrangement and is led back to this moment on honeymoon and an experience of such darkness it was to wrench the couple apart.
'Brilliant... A meditation on the intoxications of violence and the redemptive power of love' New Yorker
'Superbly evocative... The novel's of vision of Europe is acute and alive, vivid in its moral complexities' New York Times
'Powerful... Unforgettable' Sunday Telegraph
'Thoughtful and compassionate' London Review of Books
| ISBN: | 9780099277088 |
| Publication date: | 3rd September 1998 |
| Author: | Ian McEwan |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 174 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Narrative theme: Love and relationships Family Drama Historical Fiction |
Black Dogs is a dark and brooding masterpiece from Booker-prize winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.
In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had planned an idyllic holiday, but in France they witness an event that alters the course of their lives entirely.
Forty years on, their son-in-law is trying to uncover the cause of their estrangement and is led back to this moment on honeymoon and an experience of such darkness it was to wrench the couple apart.
'Brilliant... A meditation on the intoxications of violence and the redemptive power of love' New Yorker
'Superbly evocative... The novel's of vision of Europe is acute and alive, vivid in its moral complexities' New York Times
'Powerful... Unforgettable' Sunday Telegraph
'Thoughtful and compassionate' London Review of Books
Black Dogs features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Family Drama, Historical Fiction
Black Dogs is available in Ebook, Paperback
Black Dogs was written by Ian McEwan and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
Black Dogs has 174 pages
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