"Ian McEwan feels ‘a sense of return’ with his new novel, Nutshell." Aber so, wie Ian McEwan sie erzählt, hat man diese elementare Geschichte noch nie gehört. Diogenes Verlag, Zürich 2016 ISBN 9783257069822 Gebunden, 288 Seiten, 22,00 EUR Gebraucht bei Abebooks Klappentext. This book really did knock my socks off.

The foetus listens to the world from the womb, deducing the nature of his parents and the world. People at work were probably wondering why I was giggling while listening to this. Reading McEwan, I am sometimes reminded of James Wood’s description of Philip Roth as a “stealth postmodernist.” McEwan shares Roth’s taste for metafictional narrative gestures that call into question the supposed reality of his texts, but like Roth, he uses these gestures not to undermine the resonance of his fictional worlds but to enrich it. The prose is unbelievably beautiful and the baby's insight is timely and relevant and NAILS the state of the world.The start of this book feels like McEwan in elder statesman mode, sitting down at his laptop, rolling up his sleeves and saying, ‘Right, out the way, fuckwads, let me show you how it's done.’ It's so conspicuously brilliant, so controlled and aware and unusual, that although the rest of the book can't quite sustain the ferocity of the first fifty pages, still this rarely felt like it was going to be be getting less than full marks from me.The start of this book feels like McEwan in elder statesman mode, sitting down at his laptop, rolling up his sleeves and saying, ‘Right, out the way, fuckwads, let me show you how it's done.’ It's so conspicuously brilliant, so controlled and aware and unusual, that although the rest of the book can't quite sustain the ferocity of the first fifty pages, still this rarely felt like it was going to be be getting less than full marks from me.OMG OMG OMG!

Literally. 'Ian McEwan on His Novel Nutshell.' He might begin to play on their curiosity a bit, making leading statements that drift off into nothingness…and then suddenly revive his tale with a stronger, quicker tone when they query his lead.

In fact, it goes on my all-time favorites list. Recommended!

This book really did knock my socks off.

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Medley, Mark. A pregnant woman is having an affair with her husband’s brother. Nutshell is a classic story of murder and deceit, told by a narrator with a perspective and voice unlike any in recent literature.Told from a perspective unlike any other, Nutshell is a classic tale of murder and deceit from one of the world's master storytellers.London: London Review Bookshop Limited Edition, 2016.One of the best running jokes in Ian McEwan’s very funny new novel, It isn’t just McEwan’s subject matter that varies widely. In fact, it goes on my all-time favorites list.

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I had no idea McEwan is so funny. Guardian Podcast, 2 September 2016. Actually, the entire first paragraph is tremendous--the plot told through the point of view of a fetus. He might begin to play on their curiosity a bit, making leading statements that drift off into nothingness…and then suddenly revive his tale with a stronger, quicker tone when they query his lead.

Roman. I know these words, but how he combines them is so pure, so organic, so perfect and true - I always feel as though I am experiencing the written word for the first time when I read him. Deliciously dark and witty and, dammit. Oh, you author of fictions, who plays so with our heads.Update one week post reading: So, I am seeing now that this book is a re-telling of Hamlet!?!? Deliciously dark and witty and, dammit. He's at once omniscient and completely naïve. Dude is prolific. Und das Kind, vor dessen Augen sich das Drama entfaltet. The days get shorter, the air gets cooler, and curling up with a goo...A boy. The plot sounds like something sprung from a drunken round of literary Mad Libs: a crime of passion based on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” narrated by a fetus.A wildly snobbish neonatal persona, Fetus Cairncross, introduces himself to the world in no uncertain terms:A wildly snobbish neonatal persona, Fetus Cairncross, introduces himself to the world in no uncertain terms:“To be bound in a nutshell, see the world in two inches of ivory, in a grain of sand. (it starts at minute 26 after the interview with Margaret Atwood). I found myself giving him the voice of Stewie in "Family Guy. He describes what he see and hears, from his father and his love of poetry to the nefarious plans of his mother and his uncle, his father's own brother. Literally. "A boy. I mean, seriously. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. People at work were probably wondering why I was giggling while listening to this. The foetus listens to the world from the womb, deducing the nature of his parents and the world. Also brilliant.

The story itself is purely domestic (troubles within a relationship which become sinister *no spoilers*); however, it is told from the perspective of the woman's unborn child. We’d love your help.

Another is his prose, which is witty and urbane, generally fluid and unfussy, but capable of rising, when needed, to rhetorical heights and moments of great emotional power. The prose is unbelievably beautiful and the baby's insight is timelYes, the POV is the unborn baby boy. Who could resist this bizarro opening line?OMG OMG OMG!

"So here I am, upside down in a woman. Update 2: I found another interview with the author in a podcast. I mean, seriously.

He still loves her but they are separated; he’s living in a dingy apartment.

We know the plot (although not the outcome) from the blurbs and the first chapter.

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He's at once omniscient and completely naïve.

September 13th 2016 Since we are a visual-driven culture, this is such a cool way of approaching the world (though, ironically, there is still a huge emphasis on what the child thinks everything will look like). And it feels particularly McEwan-esque that this fetal narrator should have such a knowing and sophisticated voice—more Humbert Humbert than Holden Caulfield—and that he should find himself, before even entering the world, implicated in a great crime. How did I miss that!?

One of these is their ingenious plotting.