What I took to be the norm -- taut, smooth, supple -- was the transient special case of youth. To me, the old were a separate species, like sparrows or foxes.
Ian McEwanStichwörter: ageing
The very word 'history' conjured a dull success of thrones and murderous clerical wrangling.
Ian McEwanStichwörter: history
Join MI5? I was ready to lead it.
Ian McEwanStichwörter: precociousness
Lucy had told me more than once that the past was a burden, that it was time to tear everything down.
Ian McEwanStichwörter: burden-of-the-past
But this inglorious revolution wasn't for me. I didn't want a sex shop in every town.
Ian McEwanStichwörter: revolution distribution
How can one understand the inner life of a character, real or fictional, without knowing the state of her finances?
Ian McEwanStichwörter: inner-life
So, one-third of the time it's a bad idea to move, which means that two-thirds of the time it's a good idea.
Ian McEwanStichwörter: move
Oblivion seemed the only reasonable option.
Ian McEwanWriters owed their readers a duty of care, of mercy.
Ian McEwanStichwörter: writers
The constrained lives of his characters made me wonder how my own existence might appear in his hands.
Ian McEwanStichwörter: author
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