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- Told through the points of view of the four Garcia sisters- Carla, Sandi, Yolanda and Sofia-this perceptive first novel by poet Alvarez tells of a wealthy family exiled from the Dominican Republic after a failed coup, and how the daughters come of age, weathering the cultural and class transitions from privileged Dominicans to New York Hispanic immigrants.
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First Love, Last Rites is a collection of short stories by Ian McEwan. It was first published in 1975 by Jonathan Cape, with cover designed by Bill Botten, and re-issued in 1997 by Vintage.
- Ian Russell McEwan
- 1975
Jan 1, 2001 · First Love Last Rites – seven stories written by a very young but the same amazing Ian McEwan who made John Fowles say that ‘No one interested in the state and mood of contemporary Britain can afford not to read him’.
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“First Love, Last Rites” is told by an unnamed narrator who lives with his girlfriend in a quayside apartment in England. Both are seventeen or eighteen years of age.
Summary. Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness. Read more.
Dive deep into Ian McEwan's First Love, Last Rites with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion.
About First Love, Last Rites. From the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement—a taut, brooding, and densely atmospheric collection of stories that are as horrifying as anything written by Clive Barker or Stephen King.
“First Love, Last Rites” is one of Ian McEwan’s few optimistic stories in which characters succeed in achieving a stable love relationship. Like many of his stories, this one contains...
