Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Enduring Love
by Ian McEwan
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Price on barcode is scratched ou
- ISBN 10
- 0385491123
- ISBN 13
- 9780385491129
- Seller
-
Palatine, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Nan A. Talese, 1998-01-20. Hardcover. Good/Price on barcode is scratched ou. Hardcover with dust jacket in good minus condition. Small stain on spine. Writing on front inside cover. Binding tight.
Synopsis
Enduring Love (1997) is a novel by British writer Ian McEwan. It has been adapted for film and was released under the same name.
Reviews
On May 8 2020, The Old Library Bookshop said:
On the back of my copy of this book, a blurb from The New York Review of Books describes it as being "impeccably written," and they are probably not far from wrong. As I read this novel, I found myself admiring but not enjoying it. The "love" of the title should more properly be described as obsession and cannot endure without destroying both parties. The narrator Joe Rose, a science fiction writer, crosses paths with a stranger named Jed Parry when they both are witnesses to a horrific scene, an out-of-control hot-air balloon with a boy trapped in its basket. When another witness tries to save the boy, he is killed. Parry is suddenly smitten with an obsession for Rose, about which Rose is unable to convince his wife Clarissa, the police, or anyone else in his life. Madness seems to be contagious, as Rose struggles to maintain his rationality in the face of an unnatural love that portends disaster.
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- LegenGary Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043526
- Title
- Enduring Love
- Author
- Ian McEwan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Price on barcode is scratched ou
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0385491123
- ISBN 13
- 9780385491129
- Publisher
- Nan A. Talese
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998-01-20
- X weight
- 17 oz
Terms of Sale
LegenGary Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
LegenGary Books
Biblio member since 2014
Palatine, Illinois
About LegenGary Books
LegenGary Books is an online, independent bookstore, based out of Palatine, IL. We strive to provide our community (local and online) with a wide variety of quality used books at reasonable prices.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...