A humorous summary from The Guardian. On Chesil Beach. I might almost suggest it as required reading for couples, if that word “required” didn’t make such a chore of it. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading On Chesil Beach. “On Chesil Beach” has both a rich sense of how much more there is to life than sex, and also an acute awareness of how sex can overwhelm everything else. Starring: Saoirse Ronan Billy Howle Emily Watson Samuel West Anne-Marie Duff. In 2007, the book was included on the Booker Prize shortlist. On Chesil Beach is a 2007 novella by British writer Ian McEwan. On Chesil Beach is Ian McEwan’s short, exquisite novel (now BBC film) about a wedding night in a seaside hotel in 1962 that goes horribly wrong. Reading Group Guide “Breathtaking.” —The Washington Post Book World The introduction, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading that follow are designed to enhance your group's discussion of Ian McEwan's On Chesil Beach.. 1. The On Chesil Beach section of McEwan's website; A review by Ted Gioia, Blogcritics; A review by Tim Adams in The Observer of 25 March 2007. "On Chesil Beach is a linguistic balancing act, each sentence delicately positioning itself both by historical co-ordinates -- an early-Sixties world of Austin 35s and wireless news bulletins -- and by more private reference points -- the separate anxieties and assumptions of the young bride and groom. Based on Ian McEwan's novel. After writing the novel On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan wrote the screenplay that Dominic Cooke used for his film. Directed by Dominic Cooke. With Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan, Andy Burse, Rasmus Hardiker. It is the latest of many remarkable films adapted from McEwan's celebrated literary works. So the book “On Chesil Beach, is the source to go to. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. In 1962, newlyweds Edward and Florence, both in their early 20s and also both virgins, spend their honeymoon preoccupied and terrified by the upcoming consummation of their marriage. On Chesil Beach concerns the wedding night of a young British couple in 1962. On Chesil Beach is full of long sentences, they braid like a small maze, give summer heat, warm in the evenings. On Chesil Beach - Kindle edition by McEwan, Ian. There is … Audio: Ian McEwan reading from On Chesil Beach at the 2007 Key West Literary Seminar Edward Mayhew and Florence Ponting have just been married. In 1962 England, a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night. 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