Nutshell

Ian McEwan a scris un roman interesant și ingenios. Cel puțin așa îmi șoptește gustul meu privat, care nu poate fi contrazis (să nu uităm preceptul „De gustibus non est...”). Știu, Coajă de nucă are un povestitor greu creditabil, dar literatura e plină de povestitori necreditabili: indivizi răposați......more

Like the original Hamlet, it's bitter, rageful, hopeful, hyperbolic, cunning, impotent, brief. (Also perhaps this is hypocritical of me to say, but dear me, what a good book with such a bad cover).......more

We know the plot (although not the outcome) from the blurbs and the first chapter. A pregnant woman is having an affair with her husband’s brother. He’s a dreamy type – a poet by trade, if we can consider that a trade, but he has inherited his family house in London worth millions. They plot how and......more

Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend. A nine-month-old baby boy resides in the womb of Trudy. Unaware that her baby is listening and is witness to all she does, Trudy concocts a sinister scheme with a mysterious cohort, a deceitful plan of betrayal......more