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Nutshell: a Novel Online O9zGW [Download ebook] Nutshell: A Novel Online [O9zGW.ebook] Nutshell: A Novel Pdf Free Ian McEwan *Download PDF | ePub | DOC | audiobook | ebooks Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #7408362 in Books 2017-05-30 2017-05-30Format: International EditionPDF # 1 7.98 x .70 x 5.36l, #File Name: 0345812417224 pages | File size: 60.Mb Ian McEwan : Nutshell: A Novel before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Nutshell: A Novel: 88 of 97 people found the following review helpful. Tales from the unbornBy TChrisThe only likable character in Nutshell is a fetus. Fortunately, hersquo;s an exceptionally bright fetus with a rich vocabulary. His mother and father separated after his conception. His father, a poet, has a relationship of some sort with a student. His mother is sleeping with his fatherrsquo;s brother. His mother and brother have a murderous intent, which provides Nutshellrsquo;s plot.In prose that celebrates the richness of the English language, Ian McEwan tells the story from the unborn childrsquo;s point of view. The narrator has traditional notions of how parents should behave and is distressed that his own are not up to the task, but while residing in his motherrsquo;s womb, he cannot help but love her. Unfortunately for him, occasional kicks when his mother is misbehaving are an ineffective method of influencing her behavior. Yet even a fetus is not without resources.As always, McEwanrsquo;s prose is a treat to be savored. Nutshell also showcases his wit. The narrator has extensive insight into the ways of the world, thanks to the knowledge he has absorbed as his mother listens to talk radio and self-improvement tapes. In addition to parenting, the fetal narrator shares his wry opinions about hope and faith and hatred, as well as current events, culture, sex, and the merits of the wines that his mother consumes.An inspector with Columbo-like mannerisms adds to the humor. Nutshell is a short novel, not as substantial or dramatic as most of McEwanrsquo;s other books, but brevity assures that every word counts in a fun novel that works its way to a satisfying conclusion that manages to be both surprising and inevitable.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Great writing, novel but unconvincing fetal narratorBy saxplayerUltimately, an untenable premise - although advanced by amazing writing. Kept having intrusive thoughts of baby Stewie from Family Guy.McEwen, able to plumb the deaths of our souls, must have been oddly innocent of this not quite cross cultural parallel.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I enjoyed the book very much and have already started passing ...By CAVery interesting book, but I did need to Google some of the words! My lack of knowledge, however, even without looking up certain words did not distract from the story. I enjoyed the book very much and have already started passing it on to friends. Knowledge of Hamlet will be useful to the reader but is not necessary as the story can stand on it's on (except perhaps for the appearance of the ghost). While I can understand McEwan's desire to include the ghost, its appearance seemed awkward and distracted a little from the flow of the story. In my opinion, the ghost should have appeared in a different part of the house. NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom literary superstar Ian McEwan Ian McEwan comes Nutshell, a gloriously entertaining, wonderfully imagined novelmdash;a mesmerizing thriller to delight all readers. "Oh God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself king of infinite spacemdash;were it not that I have bad dreams." --William Shakespeare's HamletTrudy has betrayed her husband, John, who trusts and adores her. She's living in the marital home--a dilapidated, and priceless London townhouse--but John's not there. In his stead is the profoundly banal Claude--and together they're hatching a murderous plan. But there is an unexpected witness to their plot, who cares deeply about the outcome: the inquisitive nine-month-old inhabitant of Trudy's womb.Told from a perspective unlike any other, Nutshell is riveting--an unforgettably original, wickedly entertaining, novel of murder and deceipt from one of the world's master storytellers. ldquo;Until the exciting day when McEwan . is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, his numerous and ardent fans enjoy the regular appearance of his highly intelligent and compellingly provocative novels. McEwan can be counted on to make the implausible plausible and the outrageous reasonable, and his talent in that regard is put to its consummate test in [Nutshell]. Startling at first but quickly acceptable and even embraced, this mesmerizing tale is narrated by an unborn, male fetus. [H]e takes matters into his tiny little hands, which brings this ingenious tour de force to its stunning conclusion.nbsp;As soon as words gets out, any new novel by this bestselling, Booker Prizendash;winning novelist causes a reader frenzy.rdquo; mdash;Booklistnbsp;(starred review)ldquo;Everyone . should read Ian McEwanrsquo;s Nutshell. McEwanrsquo;s command of language is just gobsmacking, even in his sixties; the wonder is that he is hilarious as well. He makes aging look brilliant.rdquo; mdash;Ian Brown, author of Sixty, The Globe and Mailldquo;A peculiar and philosophical novel that features what is perhaps the most ingenious literary conceit of the year.rdquo; mdash;The Globe and Mailldquo;McEwanrsquo;s latest novel is short, smart, and narrated by an unborn baby. Echoes ofnbsp;Hamletnbsp;resound in the plans for fratricide, a ghost, and the babyrsquo;s contemplation of shuffling off his mortal coil. The murder plot structures the novel as a crime caper, McEwan-stylemdash;that is, laced with linguistic legerdemain, cultural references, and insights into human ingenuity and pettiness. Packed with humor and tinged with suspense, this gem resembles a sonnet the narrator recalls hearing his father recite: brief, dense, bitter, suggestive of unrequited and unmanageable longing, surprising, and surprisingly affecting.rdquo; mdash;Publishers Weeklynbsp;(starred review)ldquo;Ian McEwanrsquo;s delicious new novel, with its foetal narrator, is comedy gold. In Nutshell, McEwan is a pentathlete at the top of his game, doing several very different things equally well. Current literary culture rarely awards gold medals for comedy, but this is one performancemdash;agile, muscular, swiftmdash;you should not miss.rdquo; mdash;The Timesldquo;[T]he familiar story retains a strong forward momentum. [An] elegiac, masterpiece, a calling together of everything McEwan has learned and knows about his art.rdquo; mdash;The Guardianldquo;[A]nbsp;smart, funny and utterly captivating novel. Like his 1998 novel, Amsterdam, Nutshell is a small tour de force that showcases all of Mr. McEwanrsquo;s narrative gifts of precision, authority and control, plus a new, Tom Stoppard-like delight in the sly gymnastics that words can be perform. The restrictions created by the narratorrsquo;s situationmdash;stuck inside a maternal nutshellmdash;seem to have stimulated a surge of inventiveness on Mr. McEwanrsquo;s part . [His]little homunculus is, by turns, earnest, mocking, sarcastic, searching and irreverent . Itrsquo;s preposterous . that a fetus should be thinking such earthshaking thoughts, but Mr. McEwan writes here with such assurance and eacute;lan that the reader never for a moment questions his sleight of hand.rdquo; mdash;Michiko Kakutani, The New York Timesldquo;Nutshell turns out to be a sparkling and gripping tale thanks to a batty conceit that somehow works extremely well. This is McEwan at play, giving us a short, sharp, sophisticated entertainment.rdquo; mdash;Daily Express (four stars)ldquo;At once playful and deadly serious, delightful and frustrating, it is one of McEwanrsquo;s hardest to categorise works, and all the more interesting for it. Giving it the title Nutshell doesnrsquo;t mean it can easily be placed in one.rdquo; mdash;The Timesldquo;In Nutshell, we see a bookish mind at play. And it turns out that a fetal Hamletmdash;bound, watching the inevitable event grow nearer, an extravagant and erring sprit confined in doubts and impotencemdash;is actually just about right. Nutshell is a joy: unexpected, self-aware and pleasantly dense with plays on Shakespeare. It isnrsquo;t Hamlet, and doesnrsquo;t particularly illuminate Hamlet, but dances beautifully with it. For a good adaptation, play is the thing.rdquo; mdash;NPRldquo;[A] compact, captivating new novel. [F]ormidable genius. Is there another writer alive who can pull off a narrative line of this sort? . The writing is lean and muscular, often relentlessly gorgeous. The literary acrobatics required to bring such a narrator- in-the-womb to life would be reason enough to admire this novel. But McEwan, aside from being one of the most accomplished craftsmen of plot and prose, also happens to be a deeply provocative writer about science. His musings are often oblique and tangentialmdash;yet he manages to penetrate the spirals of some of the most engaging quandaries in contemporary science. Cognizant readers might recognize in Nutshell the influences of Richard Dawkins (about whose work McEwan has written thoughtfully) or Daniel Dennettmdash;and a good dose of Agatha Christiemdash;but it hardly matters: The pleasures of this tautly plotted book require no required reading.rdquo; mdash;The New York Times Book ldquo;The latest novel from Ian McEwan is like nothing wersquo;ve read before. Nutshell is a gripping domestic drama told from a very unusual perspective: a baby in the womb. Sounds strange, but it works.rdquo; mdash;Good Housekeeping nbsp; ldquo;Ian McEwan had form when it comes to creating arresting first-person narrators, but he excels himself with his latest novel, Nutshell.
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