In this tour de force of psychological unease--now a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sinead Cusack--McEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting--or denying. "Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies."--Washington Post Book World. In this tour de force of psychological unease--now a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sinead Cusack--McEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults have spent a lifetime forgetting--or denying. "Possesses the suspense and chilling impact of Lord of the Flies."--Washington Post Book World.

On a chilly February day, two old friends meet in the throng outside a London crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days before they reached their current eminence: Clive is Britain's most successful modern composer, and Vernon is editor of the newspaper The Judge. Gorgeous, feisty Molly had other lovers, too, notably Julian Garmony, Foreign Secretary, a notorious right-winger tipped to be the next prime minister. In the days that follow Molly's funeral, Clive and Vernon will make a pact with consequences that neither could have foreseen. Each will make a disastrous moral decision, their friendship will be tested to its limits, and Julian Garmony will be fighting for his political life. A sharp contemporary morality tale, cleverly disguised as a comic novel, Amsterdam is "as sheerly enjoyable a book as one is likely to pick up this year" (The Washington Post Book World).

The first collection of short stories -- winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness.

◎獲選為2005年「紐約時報」十大好書 ◎2006年獲選英國布萊克紀念獎(Jame's Tait Black) ◎入圍2005年布克獎 ◎英國重量級作家安妮塔．布魯克納（Anita Brookner）讚此書為伊恩．麥克伊旺寫得最好的小說。 二○○三年二月十五日，星期六，平凡得一如時間之流中的每一天。 但為外科醫師亨利．貝羅安揭開這天序幕的，卻是遠方天空的空難事件。生活優渥、受人景仰的貝羅安，擁有摯愛的妻子與成就出眾的一雙兒女，但對他而言，生命仍有太多未知數。空難、街上的反戰人潮、車禍意外等，隨著貝羅安一天活動的開展，呈現出九一一恐怖事件對於當代社會的餘波蕩漾，對各階層的影響與改變。 伊恩．麥克伊旺以意識流的文學手法，配合自信優雅的文字與非凡卓越的觀點，思緒的無盡奔流，細密緊致地傳達出現代人對於安全、暴力、生命的恐懼與不確定。生命可以在一瞬間改變，有可能走向極美之境，也可能落入窘困之井，甚至進入恐懼慌亂的森林。而就在意識流動的瞬間，命運或許就會從此改變…… 「情節不時走向緊張懸疑的氣氛，麥克伊旺巧妙的佈局，將我們如何審視觀察自我，以及日常生活中最平實的部分又是如何像滾雪球般，幻化成複雜的道德困境。」 ——《出版人週刊》 「《SATURDAY》探討了社會各階層的命運、意志、生命的脆弱、真相與恐懼。麥克伊旺在英國文壇素來以兼具『嚴肅文學性』與『貼近類型小說』的特色見長，讓這本複雜精細、令人神魂顛倒的小說披上了『寧靜中的懸疑』外衣，並深入挖掘黑暗的真實面。」 ——《紐約時報書評》 「令人驚嘆的有力作品……麥克伊旺向我們展現了今日生活的種種面貌……名列至今以九一一事件為主題的小說中，最有力的幾本。」 ——《紐約時報》 「一流作品……《星期六》嚴肅地探討了不一樣的恐怖，在最受保護的地方，通常也環繞著種種可能的險惡危機。」 ——《時代雜誌》 「在《SATURDAY》中，麥克伊旺意欲挑起讀者的思考脈動，並一如往常地聰敏，討論我們在暴力充斥的世界裡，是否願意、又能否創造出安身之所。」 ——《書訊》 「麥克伊旺以全然頂尖的表現形式寫作。」 ——《每日郵報》 「《SATURDAY》讓麥克伊旺發現將天賦發揮得淋漓盡致的寫作風格。」 ——卡洛琳．摩爾（Caroline Moore），《週日電訊報》 「複雜、懸疑……《SATURDAY》再次鞏固了麥克伊旺在同世代作家中數一數二的地位。」 ——《週日泰晤士報》 「這是麥克伊旺創作顛峰的作品……比《贖罪》更加奔放大膽。」 ——《巴爾的摩太陽報》 「極其迷人……全書充滿智慧與高超技巧，伊恩．麥克伊旺的《SATURDAY》幾乎無懈可擊。」 ——《費城詢問報》 「這本非凡的作品並非政治小說，而是透過意識思考的過程，讓政治議題發亮。」 ——《The Nation》期刊 「對我們生活的世界中所存在的安逸與恐懼，出色捕捉箇中意涵的絕佳小說。」 ——《Vogue》 「才華洋溢的作品……充滿閱讀樂趣。」 ——《歐普拉雜誌》 「這是足以作為模範且引人入勝的美妙小說，無疑也是麥克伊旺最好的作品。」 ——安妮塔．布魯克納（Anita Brookner）／作家 「……《SATURDAY》是小說藝術的模範……」 ——安德魯．馬丁（Andrew Martin）／作家

From the inexhaustible imagination of Ian McEwan--a master of contemporary fiction and author of the Booker Prize-winning national bestseller Amsterdam --an enchanting work of fiction that appeals equally to children and adults. First published in England as a children's book, The Daydreamer marks a delightful foray by one of our greatest novelists into a new fictional domain. In these seven exquisitely interlinked episodes, the grown-up protagonist Peter Fortune reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses, and adventures of his childhood. Living somewhere between dream and reality, Peter experiences fantastical transformations: he swaps bodies with the wise old family cat; exchanges existences with a cranky infant; encounters a very bad doll who has come to life and is out for revenge; and rummages through a kitchen drawer filled with useless objects to discover some not-so-useless cream that actually makes people vanish. Finally, he wakes up as an eleven-year-old inside a grown-up body and embarks on the truly fantastic adventure of falling in love. Moving, dreamlike, and extraordinary, The Daydreamer marks yet another imaginative departure for Ian McEwan, and one that adds new breadth to his body of work.

The year is 1962. Florence, the daughter of a successful businessman and an aloof Oxford academic, is a talented violinist. She dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward, the earnest young history student she met by chance and who unexpectedly wooed her and won her heart. Edward grew up in the country on the outskirts of Oxford where his father, the headmaster of the local school, struggled to keep the household together and his mother, brain-damaged from an accident, drifted in a world of her own. Edward’s native intelligence, coupled with a longing to experience the excitement and intellectual fervour of the city, had taken him to University College in London. Falling in love with the accomplished, shy and sensitive Florence – and having his affections returned with equal intensity – has utterly changed his life. Their marriage, they believe, will bring them happiness, the confidence and the freedom to fulfill their true destinies. The glowing promise of the future, however, cannot totally mask their worries about the wedding night. Edward, who has had little experience with women, frets about his sexual prowess. Florence’s anxieties run deeper: she is overcome by conflicting emotions and a fear of the moment she will surrender herself. From the precise and intimate depiction of two young lovers eager to rise above the hurts and confusion of the past, to the touching story of how their unexpressed misunderstandings and fears shape the rest of their lives, On Chesil Beach is an extraordinary novel that brilliantly, movingly shows us how the entire course of a life can be changed – by a gesture not made or a word not spoken.

As their holiday unfolds, Colin and Maria are locked into their own intimacy. They groom themselves meticulously, as though someone is waiting for them who cares deeply about how they appear. When they meet a man with a disturbing story to tell, they become drawn into a fantasy of violence and obsession.

Ian McEwan's symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness combines all the satisfaction of a superb narrative with the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose. On a summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses the firtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant. But Briony's incomplete grasp of adult motives and her precocious imagination bring about a crime that will change all their lives, a crime whose repercussions Atonement follows through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century.

Call them transcripts of dreams or deadly accurate maps of the tremor zones of the psyche, the seven stories in this collection engage and implicate us in the most fearful ways imaginable. A two-timing pornographer becomes an unwilling object in the fantasies of one of his victims. A jaded millionaire buys himself the perfect mistress and plunges into a hell of jealousy and despair. And in the course of a weekend with his teenage daughter, a guilt-ridden father discovers the depths of his own blundering innocence. At once chilling and beguiling, and written in prose of lacerating beauty, In Between the Sheets is a tour de force by one of England's most acclaimed practitioners of literary unease.

Call them transcripts of dreams or deadly accurate maps of the tremor zones of the psyche, the seven stories in this collection engage and implicate us in the most fearful ways imaginable. A two-timing pornographer becomes an unwilling object in the fantasies of one of his victims. A jaded millionaire buys himself the perfect mistress and plunges into a hell of jealousy and despair. And in the course of a weekend with his teenage daughter, a guilt-ridden father discovers the depths of his own blundering innocence. At once chilling and beguiling, and written in prose of lacerating beauty, In Between the Sheets is a tour de force by one of England's most acclaimed practitioners of literary unease.

英国“国民作家”麦克尤恩的两部“小型杰作”之一，最受好评的代表作之一。 《水泥花园》其实是个很单纯的故事，由“我”——一个正值青春叛逆期的十五岁少年杰克，絮絮叨叨地讲述出来，只不过这个故事以世俗的眼光看来确有些耸人听闻。父母的相继离世，使四个孩子——朱莉、杰克、苏和汤姆在广阔的天地里如同囚徒，被困在水泥花园中，成为了孤岛上的幸存者。他们相依为命，在与世隔绝的世界里诠释着父亲、母亲、兄妹、儿女的常规伦理以及超越伦常、“惊世骇俗”却又合乎情理的故事。

Ian McEwan 07年的新书On Chesil Beach，使他再度入围英国布克奖。这本只有二百页的小书，就规模而言，更似novella（中篇小说），McEwan 把语言的细腻玩出了一种喜剧的幽默，别具谐趣。 英国诗人Philip Larkin’s Annus Mirabilis开头第一段这么写道： Sexual intercourse began In nineteen sixty-three (which was rather late for me) - Between the end of the Chatterley ban And the Beatles’ first LP. On Chesil Beach的故事便是发生在性解禁的前一年1962年的七月，两个二十二岁的年轻人，天资不凡的小提琴手Florence与踌躇满志的历史系学生Edward，小说开门见山第一句话描写他们，“青春、受过良好的教育、都还是处子之身”，新婚之夜，两人在Chesil海滨酒店的蜜月套房，发生了一场不可思议的性战。Edward对初夜的兴奋期待，紧张的害怕自己表现不好，来得太快，相反，同样紧张不安的Florence，明知这样一种身体关系是夫妻间不可避免的正常之事，却仍无法克服对此的厌恶与排斥，灵与肉的交战，纠缠着Florence挣扎的内心，也像一块不祥的乌云，笼罩着她与Edward甜蜜浪漫的爱情。 Florence与Edward的爱情，将如何化为精神与肉体的（被迫）结合，McEwan如一位希区柯克式的悬念大师，吊足读者的胃口。小说前四分之三的笔墨集中在新婚初夜的几个小时里，对Florence和Edwarn说不出口的心理交战、及所表现出的身体悸动，描画细致得好像电影的慢动作镜头，不厌其烦中越见张力，而在最后不到四分之一的结尾，却以几年、十年的大跨度，流水般的概述Edward此后的一生，这般两极化的剪辑速度，读完全书，有一种预感，这个小说其实很适合改编成电影。

Ian McEwan 07年的新书On Chesil Beach，使他再度入围英国布克奖。这本只有二百页的小书，就规模而言，更似novella（中篇小说），McEwan 把语言的细腻玩出了一种喜剧的幽默，别具谐趣。 英国诗人Philip Larkin’s Annus Mirabilis开头第一段这么写道： Sexual intercourse began In nineteen sixty-three (which was rather late for me) - Between the end of the Chatterley ban And the Beatles’ first LP. On Chesil Beach的故事便是发生在性解禁的前一年1962年的七月，两个二十二岁的年轻人，天资不凡的小提琴手Florence与踌躇满志的历史系学生Edward，小说开门见山第一句话描写他们，“青春、受过良好的教育、都还是处子之身”，新婚之夜，两人在Chesil海滨酒店的蜜月套房，发生了一场不可思议的性战。Edward对初夜的兴奋期待，紧张的害怕自己表现不好，来得太快，相反，同样紧张不安的Florence，明知这样一种身体关系是夫妻间不可避免的正常之事，却仍无法克服对此的厌恶与排斥，灵与肉的交战，纠缠着Florence挣扎的内心，也像一块不祥的乌云，笼罩着她与Edward甜蜜浪漫的爱情。 Florence与Edward的爱情，将如何化为精神与肉体的（被迫）结合，McEwan如一位希区柯克式的悬念大师，吊足读者的胃口。小说前四分之三的笔墨集中在新婚初夜的几个小时里，对Florence和Edwarn说不出口的心理交战、及所表现出的身体悸动，描画细致得好像电影的慢动作镜头，不厌其烦中越见张力，而在最后不到四分之一的结尾，却以几年、十年的大跨度，流水般的概述Edward此后的一生，这般两极化的剪辑速度，读完全书，有一种预感，这个小说其实很适合改编成电影。

On a windy spring day in the Chilterns, the calm, organized life of science writer Joe Rose is shattered when he witnesses a tragic accident: a hot-air balloon with a boy trapped in its basket is being tossed by the wind, and in the attempt to save the child, a man is killed. A stranger named Jed Parry joins Rose in helping to bring the balloon to safety. But unknown to Rose, something passes between Parry and himself on that day--something that gives birth to an obsession in Parry so powerful that it will test the limits of Rose's beloved rationalism, threaten the love of his wife, Clarissa, and drive him to the brink of murder and madness. Brilliant and compassionate, this is a novel of love, faith, and suspense, and of how life can change in an instant.

On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start, and will have become victims of the younger girl's imagination. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.

On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start, and will have become victims of the younger girl's imagination. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.

《时间中的孩子》是一个非凡的成就,形式与内容、理论与实践如此巧妙而紧密地交织在一起,使得这部小说成为它所讨论的主题的最好证明。我发现它如此动人,结局是如此的美妙。 ——席拉·麦克利奥德,《卫报》 这部小说写得太棒了,严肃、动人,极具有可读性,它汲取了伟大英国作家们不断在重温的那种天真,而这是比经验更难得的东西。如果你想体验

Ian McEwan's Somerset Maugham Award-winning collection First Love, Last Rites brought him instant recognition as one of the most influential voices writing in England today. Taut, brooding, and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness. These tales are as horrifying as anything written by Clive Barker or Stephen King, but they are crafted with a lyricism and intensity that compel us to confront our secret kinship with the horrifying.

13岁的布里奥妮·塔利斯拥有十分丰富的想象力，颇有作家天分；管家的锤子罗比在塔利斯先生的奖助下已经与布里奥妮的姐姐塞西莉娅一道从剑桥大学毕业，而且他俩情/投意合。一个炎热夏日，塞西莉娅当着罗比的面，脱去衣服，跳进池塘戏水。这一切都被布里奥妮尽收眼底，恰逢当晚，来塔利斯家小住的布里奥妮的表姐遭人强暴；布里奥妮武断地认定罗比即是罪犯，并出庭做证指控罗比，罗比因此被捕入狱。但坚信他无罪的塞西莉娅不惜与家人断绝关系，执着地与他相爱。五年后，罗比出狱，当时正是二次世界大战期间，他参加到保卫祖国的战斗中，塞西莉娅随后应征入伍，布里奥妮也成为一名军队医务人员。经历世事之后的布里奥妮终于愧疚，主动走向罗比与塞西莉娅，为自己当年的所作所为道歉，但是无情的战争先后夺去了罗比和塞西娅的生命，留下布里奥妮活在深深的自责中而无法赎罪。 麦克恩是英国文坛当前最具影响力的作家之一。自他的第一本短篇小说集《最初的爱情和最后的仪式》获得1975年的毛姆奖以来，他四次获得布克奖提名，并终于在1998年以《阿姆斯行丹》折桂。其新作《赎罪》同样获得 2002年布克奖提我虽然最终未能如愿获奖，但评论界却给予了较之《阿姆斯特丹》更多更动听的溢美之词，认为比《阿》更丰满，更好读，既有讨好读者的动人情节、喜剧因素，又不乏色调，实在是让人爱不释手。