Audio: Ian McEwan reading from On Chesil Beach at the 2007 Key West Literary Seminar On Chesil Beach is a 2007 novella by British writer Ian McEwan. The On Chesil Beach section of McEwan's website; A review by Ted Gioia, Blogcritics; A review by Tim Adams in The Observer of 25 March 2007. On Chesil Beach is constructed around three such moments - the meal, the urgent fumbling towards consummation and a resultant exchange on the beach … In 1962, newlyweds Edward and Florence, both in their early 20s and also both virgins, spend their honeymoon preoccupied and terrified by the upcoming consummation of their marriage. Edward Mayhew and Florence Ponting have just been married. There is … So the book “On Chesil Beach, is the source to go to. On Chesil Beach. On Chesil Beach is Ian McEwan’s short, exquisite novel (now BBC film) about a wedding night in a seaside hotel in 1962 that goes horribly wrong. After writing the novel On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan wrote the screenplay that Dominic Cooke used for his film. I might almost suggest it as required reading for couples, if that word “required” didn’t make such a chore of it. Directed by Dominic Cooke. With Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan, Andy Burse, Rasmus Hardiker. Edward is a graduate student of history and Florence is a violinist in a string quartet. Based on Ian McEwan's novel. In 1962 England, a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading On Chesil Beach. I highly recommend it for the beauty and poignancy of its writing and for the truth it at last allows. A humorous summary from The Guardian. It is the latest of many remarkable films adapted from McEwan's celebrated literary works. "On Chesil Beach is a linguistic balancing act, each sentence delicately positioning itself both by historical co-ordinates -- an early-Sixties world of Austin 35s and wireless news bulletins -- and by more private reference points -- the separate anxieties and assumptions of the young bride and groom. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. The novella opens in July 1962. Starring: Saoirse Ronan Billy Howle Emily Watson Samuel West Anne-Marie Duff. The key to the novel is in the end in a short phrase thrown by the author: "Now how can roll over the entire route of life because of inactivity." On Chesil Beach - Kindle edition by McEwan, Ian. “On Chesil Beach” has both a rich sense of how much more there is to life than sex, and also an acute awareness of how sex can overwhelm everything else. In 2007, the book was included on the Booker Prize shortlist. On Chesil Beach concerns the wedding night of a young British couple in 1962. 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