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Steve
Sep 21, 2019 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction
Absent the unique voice of the unborn narrator, Ian McEwan's Nutshell is basically a retelling of Hamlet. I'm mystified over how many GR reviewers give so little (or no) prominence to this fact, since once you look past McEwan's dazzling, often quite funny prose, you find that the arc of the original story, even with its modern setting, is fairly intact. True, Baby H is never called out by name, but the very pregnant "Trudy" (Gertrude) and horny "Claude" (Claudius) are about as obvious as it get ...more
Antonio Gallo
Una donna, Trudy, suo marito John Cairncross, editore e poeta, e l'amante di lei, Claude, agente immobiliare senza troppi scrupoli. Un triangolo destinato a concludersi nel sangue quando Trudy e Claude decidono di uccidere John, per impadronirsi della sua prestigiosa e decadente casa di famiglia. L'unico testimone del loro crimine è il narratore della storia, il bambino che Trudy sta per mettere al mondo; che non può vedere eppure è in grado di sentire ogni cosa. Attraverso le sue sensazioni, le ...more
Karen
May 08, 2017 rated it it was ok
I thought the premise of this book was interesting: the narrator is an unborn baby, narrating from the womb. The book is well written as always with McEwan, I just didn't like any of the characters ...more
Natasha
Jun 16, 2017 rated it it was ok
I loved the perspective of the fetus but I didn't like the voice. It came across as a cranky, jaded middle aged man... ...more
Ginger
Nov 26, 2016 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Suzanne
Sep 12, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: british-lit, c21
C.
Oct 21, 2016 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Amy W
Nov 25, 2016 marked it as to-read
Lisa
Dec 08, 2016 marked it as to-read
Meghan
Dec 09, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: npr-concierge
Anna
Aug 11, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Ginger
Jan 03, 2017 marked it as to-read
Keeley
Feb 26, 2017 marked it as to-read
Jules
May 02, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Juliane
Jun 11, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Janet
Oct 30, 2017 marked it as to-read
Michelle
Jan 12, 2018 marked it as to-read
Johanne
Nov 05, 2019 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2018-books
Keith
Oct 31, 2019 rated it it was amazing
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