Black Dogs (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Ian McEwan
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1946-1989
- Setting: Great Britain, France, Germany, Poland, and Italy
- Principal Characters: Jeremy, June Tremaine, Bernard Tremaine, Jenny, Sally
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: History, Politics, Twentieth century, Psychology or psychologists, Europe or Europeans, Social issues, Religion, Violence, Identity, Mysticism, Tyrants or tyranny
- Locales: France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Poland
Many of the themes explored in Ian McEwan’s previous fiction are treated anew in Black Dogs: the pain and isolation of childhood, as in The Cement Garden (1978); the inexplicable, violent nature of evil, as in The Comfort of Strangers (1981); and the effect of political, social, and psychological forces on the individual, as in The Innocent (1990). Black Dogs combines these subjects with religious and political beliefs and the history of twentieth century Europe as McEwan creates another original view of contemporary chaos.
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