The Cement Garden

Name: The Cement Garden
Rating: 3.542372881355932 (59 reviews)
Author: Ian McEwan
ISBN: 9780099755111

by Ian McEwan

3.5

(59 ratings)

164 pages1978VintageISBN 9780099755111

Fiction Classics Young AdultCharacter drivenStrong Character DevelopmentUnloveable CharactersNot Diverse CharacterssadA mix drivenWeak Character DevelopmentUnloveable CharactersNot Diverse Charactersaudiobookpsychological fiction Gothic fiction (Literary genre)weirdDeath of parentIncestNeglectSexual contentAbandoned childrenFictionto-read

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About this book

In this tour de force of psychological unease, now a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sinead Cusack, McEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting or denying. "Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies."--Washington Post Book World.

Publication Details

Publisher: Vintage
Published: 1978
Pages: 164
ISBN: 9780099755111
Language: en

About Ian McEwan

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, Nutshell, Machines Like Me* and *What We Can Know.*