Date Posted:13:28:53 03/23/08 Sun Author:Maud Subject: On Chesil Beach
I am from the Netherlands, but I read Ian McEwan's books in English - I love them.
I think he is one of the best writers I know.
I finished 'On Chesil Beach' and it moved me deeply, even though it is way shorter than f.i. Saturday or Atonement.
His books make me cry - the love in them.
I love the way he describes women - it's been a while, I read the other books, but Florence from 'On Chesil Beach'- she becomes real to me and very lovely.
I kept wondering whether she had been sexually abused by her father - some of the things McEwan writes: how she remembered lying in the cabin of her father's boat and how 'she was of no use to her father as a sailor and that surely was the source of her shame' and later, after Edward has prematurely ejaculated she has 'summoning memories she had long ago decided were not really hers'.
Maby it is not necessary to really know that for a fact, maby it is even better to have these questions.
Anyways, just wanted to express my admiration and also my gratitude - his books feed my soul.
