Ian McEwan

"Atonement" "Atonement"

Ian McEwan's beautiful novel comes alive on-screen in a sensitive, insightful adaptation.
  • "On Chesil Beach"

    Two virgins face down fear and disgust on their wedding night in Ian McEwan's slender new novel.
  • The Salon Interview: Ian McEwan

    The author of "Saturday" discusses writing after 9/11, the burden of being interesting, and why he's still ambivalent about the Iraq war.
  • "Saturday" by Ian McEwan

    The story of a middle-aged man seeking his moral compass in the post-9/11 world, isn't about fear or dread but the attainment of joy.
  • "Enduring Love"

    This peculiar film about a guy stalked by another guy asks that age-old question: Are psychotics who need people the luckiest people in the world?
  • Mirror, mirror

    Alas, now even the great Ian McEwan has succumbed to the dreary trend of writers writing novels about writers writing novels.
  • "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

    The author of "Amsterdam" explores the devastating consequences of a young girl's lie.
  • Ian McEwan fools British shrinks

    The novelist puts one over on a few American critics, too.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Why should Internet millionaires date gold-diggers? Plus: The Irish still suffer; Horowitz is no conservative!
  • Fiction, 9 to 5

    The author of "Black Dogs" and "Enduring Love" picks five favorite novels about work.
  • What children know

    The editor of the Threepenny Review selects her five favorite novels about childhood.
  • Amsterdam

    Craig Seligman reviews 'Amsterdam' by Ian McEwan
  • Making book on the Booker

    Snide critics, side bets, broadcasts of unphotogenic writers hacking away at duck -- the Booker Prize ceremony may not be the Oscars, but it's as British as all get-out.
  • The Salon Interview - Ian McEwan

    Dwight Garner talks to Ian McEwan, the black magician of contemporary fiction, about mortality, gossip and his arresting new novel, 'Enduring Love.'

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