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Ian McEwan, the author best known for his Booker Prize winner Amsterdam and his breakout novel Atonement, sets his most recent book, What We Can Know, in a world altered by climate change and nuclear war.
The novel follows a scholar 100 years into the future reflecting on a poem from 2014. On Bookends with Mattea Roach, the two sat down to talk about how they imagine people will remember us in our present moment.
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Ian McEwan, the author best known for his Booker Prize winner Amsterdam and his breakout novel Atonement, sets his most recent book, What We Can Know, in a world altered by climate change and nuclear war.
The novel follows a scholar 100 years into the future reflecting on a poem from 2014. On Bookends with Mattea Roach, the two sat down to talk about how they imagine people will remember us in our present moment.
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CBC Arts on Facebook: facebook.com/cbcarts
CBC Arts on Instagram: instagram.com/cbcarts
About: Welcome to CBC Arts, your home for the most surprising, relevant and provocative stories featuring artists from diverse communities across Canada. Our job is to fill your feed with the disruptors and innovators changing how we see the country through movement, images and sound — and to inspire you to join in too.
