What We Can Know
$29.64
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
16 September 2025
Summary
What We Can Know: A Novel of Lost Worlds and Entangled Lives
2014: A poem of unparalleled beauty vanishes, leaving behind only whispers and speculation.
2119: The submerged lowlands of the UK are a haunting reminder of a lost world, a world of unimaginable richness.
In the island archipelagos that remain, Tom Metcalfe, a university academic, becomes consumed by the past. He pores over ancient archives, captivated by the freedoms and possibilities of a bygone era. A c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787335745 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787335747 |
| Author: | Ian McEwan |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 16 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 700g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 40mm |
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About The Author
Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of eighteen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; Machines Like Me; and Lessons. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.
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