![]() ![]() His other award-winning novels are The Child in Time, which won the 1987. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. Her disappearance sparks of journey of discovery that will continue for decades, as Roland confronts the reality of his rootless existence and attempts to embrace the uncertainty - and freedom - of his future. Ian McEwan is a critically acclaimed author of short stories and novels for adults, as well as The Daydreamer, a children's novel illustrated by Anthony Browne. ![]() Twenty-five years later Roland's wife mysteriously vanishes, and he is left alone with their baby son. McEwan returns with his best work since the NBCC-winning Atonement, a sprawling narrative that stretches from the commencement of the. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. ![]() When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. READERS GUIDE The questions, discussion topics, and other material that follow are intended to enhance your group’s conversation of Lessons by Ian McEwan, a bildungsroman that weaves together the ordinary and extraordinary moments of the life of Roland Baines, revealing how inextricable everyday individuals are from the tide of history, as both its causes and effects, its victims and victors. 'A beautiful book about love, loss and regret' Observer ![]()
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