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020 $a9781787333987$q(pbk.) :$cGBP14.99
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100 1 $aMcEwan, Ian.
245 10$aLessons /$cIan McEwan.
260 $aLondon :$bJonathan Cape,$c2022.
300 $a486 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $aWhen the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, 11-year-old Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. 2000 miles from his mother's protective love, stranded at an unusual boardingschool, his vulnerability attracts piano teacher Miss Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Now, when his wife vanishes, leaving him alone with his tiny son, Roland is forced to confront the realityof his restless existence. As the radiation from Chernobyl spreads across Europe, he begins a search for answers that looks deep into his family history and will last for the rest of his life. Haunted by lost opportunities, Roland seeks solace through every possible means - music, literature, friends, sex, politics and, finally, love cut tragically short, then love ultimately redeemed. His journey raises important questions for us all. Can we take full charge of the course ofour lives without causing damage to others? How do global events beyond our control shape our lives and our memories? And what can we really learn from the traumas of the past?.
650 0$aMen$vFiction.
650 0$aPianists$vFiction.
650 0$aPiano teachers$vFiction.
650 0$aLife change events$vFiction.