| Main Menu | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
| Saturday |
|
| Wednesday, 13 December 2006 | |
 Saturday  by Ian McEwan.
The latest Ian McEwan novel takes place in London on Saturday 15 February 2003, the day of the march against the war on Iraq. McEwan shows how even desirable lives – the protagonist, brain surgeon Henry Perowne, enjoys his work, loves his wife, and has warm and gifted children – cannot be completely insulated and protected from global concerns and outside threats.
A question Saturday raises is whether literature is dispensable: Perowne is not interested in fiction – he is fascinated by reality and the challenge of understanding it through science – but literature will play an important role in the story.
© Katherine Power 2005. Originally published in The Insight. Katherine E. Power is a freelance writer and the editor of Happy Mind. Her website can be found at: www.katherinepower.com. |
|
| Last Updated ( Sunday, 24 December 2006 ) |
| < Prev | Next > |
|---|