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Grave, intimate, classical in form and prestige.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Ian McEwan
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 144
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781409090052
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Ian Russell McEwan (born 21 June 1948) is a British novelist and screenwriter. He began his career writing sparse, Gothic short stories. His first two novels, *The Cement Garden* (1978) and The *Comfort of Strangers* (1981), earned him the nickname "Ian Macabre". These were followed by three novels of some success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His 1997 novel *Enduring Love* was adapted into a film of the same name. He won the Booker Prize with *Amsterdam* (1998). He was awarded the 1999 Shakespeare Prize. His next novel, *Atonement* (2001), garnered acclaim and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film. He received the 2011 Jerusalem Prize. His later novels have included *The Children Act,
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