Ian McEwan in conversation with Claire Messud

Ian McEwan, winner of the Booker Prize for Amsterdam, reads from and discusses his new novel, Lessons, a powerful meditation on history and humanity told through the prism of one man’s lifetime.
McEwan’s “prose, so fluid and elegant, so vivid and meticulous, carries a narrative of great moment and insights of otherwise ineffable grandeur,” wrote Claire Messud. “And he forces his readers to turn the pages with greater dread and anticipation than does perhaps any other ‘literary’ writer working in English today. Reading McEwan's work, we often find it impossible to slow down.”
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[@johnjosmith42]

A wonderful, fascinating talk and Q&A. Thanks for posting 👏

[@milesknightestrada3286]

5:43: Skip the bull.

[@user-so1jz7hl2t]

Love hearing musings by McEwan over the years but this was almost painful, listening to the interviewer hum, haw, stumble and stutter her "questions." She came across as unprepared as though she had been asked to interview while Ian was doing his reading. I found it very distracting.

[@markhnk]

Atonement did not win the Booker prize.

[@johnjosmith42]

You’re right, it was ‘Amsterdam’ that won the Booker.

[@92NY]

Thank you for pointing this out. It has been corrected.