tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-303080252009-07-02T17:31:37.988+01:00An outlet for news and info on McEwan-related books, online features, audio-visual materials, and other miscellaneous and/or curious items.Ryannoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30308025.post-56608998947319583632009-06-17T20:09:00.003+01:002009-06-17T20:14:19.965+01:00

Continuum is generously giving away free copies of Ian McEwan: Contemporary Critical Perspectives to undergraduate students. If you wish to enter the competition, please answer the following three questions:1. What was the illustrious nickname Ian McEwan acquired in the 1970s?2. In which unnamed city is The Comfort of Strangers set?3. From which Jane Austen novel does Atonement take its epigraph?

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Ian McEwan: Contemporary Critical PerspectivesEdited by Sebastian GroesContinuum, 2009.ISBN: 9780826497222A valuable addition to McEwan scholarship, this collection of essays from the Contemporary Critical Perspectives series helps define and guide the future course of McEwan studies.Purchase online from Continuum, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com, BN.com, or a wide selection of high-quality Independent

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Ian Hamilton: Collected PoemsEdited with an introduction by Alan Jenkins (Faber and Faber, 2009)Ian McEwan writes about his relationship with Ian Hamilton in Another Rounds at the Pillars, and the text of McEwan's essay is available online at the Ian Hamilton Website.Synopsis from the Publisher:"A professional man of letters -- critic, editor, biographer -- though never a professional poet, Ian

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Daniel Zalewski, "The Background Hum." The New Yorker, 23 February 2009: 46-52, 54-61. (Registration required for full access).Ian McEwan is the subject of an extensive New Yorker profile that provides several new insights into his life and works. In addition to meeting with McEwan several times, Zalewski interviewed friends and family members, including Martin Amis, Craig Raine, and James Fenton

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Ian McEwan talks with Richard Dawkins: Root of All Evil? [This is the uncut interview from the Channel 4 TV program 'The Root of All Evil?', hosted by Richard Dawkins. This video is part of the DVD collection available through the RichardDawkins.net store].

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From The Guardian (28 January 2009):"He was a modern master, a colossal figure in American letters, the finest writer working in English. He dazzled us with his interests and intellectual curiosity, and he turned a beautiful sentence. Religion, sex, science, urban decay, small-town life, the life of the heart, the betrayals – who can follow him? Updike gave the impression he had a lot more

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From the Publisher:The revelation of David Sharp's existence has made it possible for Byrnes to review her previous hypotheses about the metaplot. The earlier explanations still hold good, based as they are on information from a careful study of his work, but the appearance of David adds a new dimension to his 'unfolding story'. Bernie C. Byrnes argues here that David Sharp's secret existence has

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In the new issue of PEN America, Ian McEwan and Steven Pinker discuss evolutionary biology and how we communicate with each other. They also discuss transacting intimate relationships in words, rage and desire in Joyce’s “The Dead”, misunderstandings in The Odyssey, and Bartleby the Scrivener as the most annoying man in the world.For more information on PEN America, including how to order the

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Certain remarks of mine to an Italian journalist have been widely misrepresented in the UK press, and on various websites. Contrary to reports, my remarks were not about Islam, but about Islamism - perhaps 'extremism' would be a better term. I grew up in a Muslim country - Libya - and have only warm memories of a dignified, tolerant and hospitable Islamic culture. I was referring in my interview

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Charles Frieth, preeminent composer, conductor and prodigious womaniser, is preparing for a performance of one of his early works, and the world premiere of "Demonic Aubade". Obstinate and myopic, he is oblivious to the growing turmoil around him; his wife's poor health and dissatisfaction; the exhausted efforts of his secretary; and, the disquieting diligence of his housekeeper, Maria.As the

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Nominated for seven Academy Awards, Atonement will soon be available on DVD.Available online at Universal Studios, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and numerous other retailers.'Playing to Type': Scott Macaulay talks to composer Dario Marianelli about his award winning score for Atonement.'Design of History: Sarah Greenwood's Atonement': Read about production designer Sarah GreenwoodFor more information

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McEwan's On Chesil Beach is now available in paperback from Vintage.Order online via Amazon.co.uk, Vintage, or from a variety of quality Independent Booksellers.From the Publisher:The year is 1962. Florence, the daughter of a successful businessman and an aloof Oxford academic, is a talented violinist. She dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward

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Student Text Guides are writtten by teachers and examiners for the specific needs of students of AS/A-level English Literature, whether attempting a coursework assignment or revising for an examination. They should be used as an accompaniment to the novel, not as a substitute.Order a copy online via Amazon.co.uk or a wide selection of high-quality Independent Booksellers.

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A new essay on Ian McEwan's The Comfort of Strangers has been published in Nostalgia or Perversion? Gothic Rewriting from the Eighteenth Century until the Present Day. Ed. Isabella van Elferen. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007.Written by Funda Civelekoglu, the essay is titled 'Gothic Literature from a Cultural Ecological Perspective: Ian McEwan’s The Comfort of Strangers', pp. 86-94

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The Man Booker Prize Website features an interview with Ian McEwan titled, "A ‘first time’ as awesome as Booker night".From the Interview:"I’m delighted to be shortlisted for ‘On Chesil Beach’ – without question, it’s a great honour. The evening itself can be quite an ordeal for the writers. Writing is no more a competitive sport than reading is. I’ve often thought that the Booker Prize should be

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Ian McEwan's On Chesil Beach has been longlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize. McEwan previously won the Booker Prize for his novel Amsterdam.The complete list of titles include:Darkmans by Nicola Barker (Fourth Estate)Self Help by Edward Docx (Picador)The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng (Myrmidon)The Gathering by Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape)The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Hamish

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In "A Matter of Human Ingenuity" Ian McEwan talks about the influence of science on his writing. He also discusses his science heroes, such as E.O. Wilson, Steven Pinker, and Voltaire.The 30-minute interview was made available on 30 July 2007, via the Guardian Weekly's Science Weekly Podcast [Audio available online as an .mp3 or you can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes].

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The Kenyon Review editor David Lynn interviews Ian McEwan in the Summer 2007 issue (vol. 29, no. 3): 38-51.For information on subscribing to The Kenyon Review, please visit their website at http://www.kenyonreview.org/

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The Working Title website has posted a trailer for the film adaptation of McEwan's Atonement. You can view the trailer in a small or a large format. Other versions of the trailer are also available on YouTube.For the most updated information about the film, please be sure to visit the Working Title website and the Focus Features website.

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A DVD of the film about Ian McEwan's novel On Chesil Beach is now available at Powell's for $8.99.They also have a special offer of a novel and DVD set -- buy both for just $21.99.Press for the film has been very good:The Miami SunPosthttp://miamisunpost.com/0614bound.htmThe Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/14/AR2007061400019.htmlNew York Magazinehttp:/

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For more information regarding Chesil Beach (the location, not the book), please visit www.chesilbeach.org.In addition to numerous photos, the site provides links to and information about numerous organisations 'concerned with helping to protect and understand the special environments of The Fleet and Chesil Beach'.

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The New York Times has posted to their website a 32 minute interview with Ian McEwan about his novel On Chesil Beach. The interview (located here) accompanies their publication of the novel's first chapter and a review by Jonathan Letham.

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Renowned author and McEwan scholar Peter Childs explores the intricacies of one of McEwan's finest novels. The book contains the following:1. an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of Enduring Love2. a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present3. a selection of new and reprinted critical essays on Enduring Love, by Kiernan Ryan,

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A number of select booksellers have been approved to screen a film about Ian McEwan's new novel On Chesil Beach. A trailer of the film will be available to view online at www.outofthebookfilms.com, but you'll want to be sure to watch the film in its entirety at one of the fine booksellers listed below. Please contact the individual booksellers for specific screening dates and times.(Arranged by

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Ian McEwan reads his latest novel On Chesil Beach in this 4 CD, unabridged audiobook produced by Random House Audio. In addition to hearing the book in McEwan's own voice, listeners are treated to an excellent interview with the author conducted by John Mullan, Professor of English at University College London. The conversation deals primarily with the novel, and McEwan discusses the story's

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