First Love, Last Rites
Stories

This is an evil, strange and disturbing book. The descriptions in the book are extremely detailed and exquisite, with no taboos. And when reading it, I always have this feeling: this book is like a heavy metal album, because it's rebellious, weird, and dark enough. In this collection of short stories......more

Mostly modern societies outcasts and/or outliers are featured in these at times dark and macabre short stories centred round compulsion, sex and mortality - Eight interesting and original tales by the literary giant that is Ian McEwan. 6 out of 12, Three Star read. 2011 read......more

Ian, that Ian. This is his first published work - a collection of perverse and sinister short fiction. This isn't the Ian McEwan of Atonement or even Saturday. This is the young Ian McEwan who's just starting out, and who would begin with works such as The Cement Garden and The Comfort of Strangers......more

Excellent and disturbing. One of my all-time favorite writers. Don’t know why it took me so long to get to these stories.......more

Blemba, ką aš čia perskaičiau??????? Knygos trigger warning: labai daug smurto ir labai slegiančios prievartos, patyrusieji ir patyrusios, neskaitykit. Iš McEwano debiuto nieko pernelyg nesitikėjau: mačiau, kad apsakymai apdovanoti premija, bet man jo premijuotieji Amsterdam, Saturday nepasirodė super......more