Folio: Sur La Plage de Chesil (Series #A40253) (Paperback)

from Jargoneer

Upon finishing this short novel I couldn't help thinking, did I miss something? I found myself looking for viable subtexts. For example, the year 1962 must be a reference to Larkin - do Florence (classical music, upper middle-class, frigidity) and Edward (blues, lower middle-class, sexual desire)...

from yourotherleft

On Chesil Beach is the story of Edward and Florence on their wedding night. The novel follows as the couple blunders through the first few hours of their wedded life, one excited and the other horribly repulsed by the idea of what's immediately to come. As the newlywed couple draws ever nearer to...

from eleanor_eader

I was unprepared for the emotional impact of this book. That's largely because Atonement was the most singularly depressing read of 2009 and I had little expectation of this, given the tight focus and subject matter, being anything other than miserably boring. Somehow, I still cling to my belief ...

from shootingstarr7

On Chesil Beach tells the story of Edward and Florence on the night of their wedding. The novel has some flashbacks to their courtship, but mostly takes place in one night. The novel shows the point of view of them both prior to the marriage and on the wedding night, but following the climactic s...

from maryreinert

I was so disappointed in Saturday that I didn't read this until a friend gave it to me. Wow, am I glad she did. I found this to be McEwan's best. It is short, intense, and clearly demonstrates that sex is more in the brain than in the body. No need to repeat the story; this is a sad tale of two p...