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Obsession and tragedy disrupt idyllic love.
Imagine a perfect day shattered by a bizarre tragedy, and the repercussions that follow echo louder than the event itself. "Enduring Love" will capture your psyche with its exploration of how a single moment can lead to an obsession that threatens everything you hold dear. McEwan masterfully weaves the complexities of love, guilt, and identity into a narrative that not only enthralls but also unnerves, leaving you to ponder the fragility of our connections.
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ISBN: 9780099481249
Authors:
Ian McEwan
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date of Publication: 2006-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.64
(rated by 44220 readers)
Description
Joe planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside to celebrate his lover's return after 6 weeks in the States. The perfect day turns to nightmare, however, when they are involved in a freak ballooning accident in which a boy is saved but a man is killed. In itself, the accident would change the couple and the survivors' lives, filling them with an uneasy combination of shame, happiness, and endless self-reproach. But fate has far more unpleasant things in store for Joe. Meeting the eye of fellow rescuer Jed Parry, for example, turns out to be a very bad move. For Jed is instantly obsessed, making the first of many calls to Joe and Clarissa's London flat that same night. Soon he's openly shadowing Joe and writing him endless letters. Worst of all, Jed's version of love comes to seem a distortion of Joe's feelings for Clarissa. Apart from the incessant stalking, it is the conditionals--the contingencies--that most frustrate Joe, a scientific journalist. If only he and Clarissa had gone straight home from the airport... If only the wind hadn't picked up... If only he had saved Jed's 29 messages in a single day... Ian McEwan has long been a poet of the arbitrary nightmare, his characters ineluctably swept up in others' fantasies, skidding into deepening violence, and--worst of all--becoming
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