After having read both Amsterdam and Saturday with great joy I bought a copy of Ian McEwans latest novel On Chesil Beach in the airport on the way to my family’s winter holidays. After having swalloved the about 160 pages in about two days, I have to say that this is one of the best books that I have ever read.

The story is universal and compelling. The characters are described with such insight, feeling and delicacy. And McEvan has a way with words that even a non native English speaker like me will have to appreciate. I really had to make my self aware constantly while reading On Chesil Beach not to run through the pages just to get further on with the story but also to read each line carefully to enjoy the prose.

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