When the family flees Africa for London, 11-year-old Roland is sent to a boarding school where he exhibits a prodigious piano talent and meets the young woman who will forever alter his life - Miriam Cornell. Is Roland a suspect? From there we’re swept back in time to Roland’s upbringing in Libya with a stern father and a mother who cowered before him. His wife, we’re told, has “vanished.” There’s a detective in the house, asking questions. Ian remains at the height of his powers with this sweeping and profound novel. How do you consolidate real time its trips. Lessons is a deeply moving and exciting new novel that captures the full arc of a man’s life as it unfolds against the backdrop of our tumultuous times, a life filled with moral quandaries, heartbreak, and ultimately, resolution, Arthur said. The news is filled with ominous headlines about a radiation cloud floating from Chernobyl toward Britain. Niamh Donnelly Septem02:30 AM As a mode of expression, literary realism might be the most difficult to master. When we first meet Roland Baines he is a new parent, struggling to his raise his son alone. “Roland occasionally reflected on the events and accidents, personal and global, minuscule and momentous that had formed and determined his existence.” That one sentence in Ian McEwan’s new novel, “Lessons,” nicely sums up the book. This cover image released by Knopf shows "Lessons" a novel by Ian McEwan.
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