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Informationen zum Autor Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work! a collection of short stories! First Love! Last Rites ! won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time ! which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden ; Enduring Love ; Amsterdam ! which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement ; Saturday ; On Chesil Beach ; Solar ; Sweet Tooth ; The Children Act ; and Nutshell ! which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films! The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year! and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time . Klappentext One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose's calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon, Rose reflects, could have ended in mere tragedy, but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Rose, something passes between them. Zusammenfassung One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose's calm! organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon! Rose reflects! could have ended in mere tragedy! but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Rose! something passes between them.
