Am Strand (On Chesil Beach)
Ian McEwan · 2018
Das Schwierigste am Heiraten ist die Hochzeitsnacht. Jedenfalls für das frischvermählte Ehepaar Florence Ponting und Edward Mayhew das 1962 am Strand von Chesil Beach im englischen Dorset seine Flitterwochen verbringen möchte. Ihre Gefühle füreinander sind groß und aufrichtig – doch die Erwartungen des jungen Paares an das einschneidende Ereignis in ihrem Leben könnten kaum unterschiedlicher sein.
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„Zuletzt kamen Verfilmungen von »Am Strand« und »Kindeswohl« in die Kinos.“
Roman Pletter erwähnt die Verfilmung von McEwans Roman als Beleg für die anhaltende Popularität des Autors. Die Filmadaption wird zusammen mit Kindeswohl als jüngste Kinoerfolge genannt.
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