Beschrijving
Colin and Maria are on vacation in Italy. they are lovers but as their holiday unfolds they are increasingly bored and uninterested in each other. They amble around hotels and tourist streets without any real interest. When they meet Robert and his crippled wife Caroline who have a disturbing story to tell they discover their physical attraction to one another. But they also feel increasingly uneasy with the friendship of this odd couple and become drawn into a fantasy of violence and obsession.
The comfort of strangers / Ian McEwan. – Groningen : Wolters-Noordhoff, 2004.
– 112 p. ; 21 cm. – (Blackbirds, ISSN 0926-2350 ; 2004)
Oorspr. Engelse uitg.: London : Cape, 1981.
ISBN 90-01-55879-8
ISBN 90-01-55876-3 ((set))
INHOUD
Colin and Maria are on vacation in Italy. they are lovers but as their
holiday unfolds they are increasingly bored and uninterested in each other.
They amble around hotels and tourist streets without any real interest. When
they meet Robert and his crippled wife Caroline who have a disturbing story
to tell they discover their physical attraction to one another. But they also
feel increasingly uneasy with the friendship of this odd couple and become
drawn into a fantasy of violence and obsession.
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