Vintage Books - 2006
Paperback – 157 pp.
(Review by Angélica Santi)
First Love, Last Rites is Ian McEwan’s first collection of short stories as well as his first published work. Available since 1975, these eight very different and sometimes shocking short stories are connected by the main themes of death, obsession and sex combined with a secondary theme of youth and adolescence, always from a male point of view. The author’s changing style can be considered a powerful device to appeal to a wide audience, although some of the stories are inexcusably disgusting. I recommend it for those who want to explore McEwan’s world from the beginning. 
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