Black Dogs

Zusatztext

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.

Autorenportrait

Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories,<i>First Love, Last Rites</i>, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include<i>The Child in Time</i>, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award;<i>The Cement Garden</i>;<i>Enduring Love</i>;<i>Amsterdam</i>, which won the 1998 Booker Prize;<i>Atonement</i>;<i>Saturday</i>;<i>On Chesil Beach</i>;<i>Solar</i>;<i>Sweet Tooth</i>;<i>The Children Act</i>; and<i>Nutshell</i>, which was a Number One bestseller.<i>Atonement</i>and<i>Enduring Love</i>have both been turned into award-winning films,<i>The Children Act</i>and<i>On Chesil Beach</i>are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of<i>The Child in Time</i>.

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