In Between The Sheets By Ian McEwan - a collection of short stories
"In Between The Sheets" is a collection of short stories by award-winning author Ian McEwan, first published in 1978
Like McEwan's earlier short story collection, "First Love, Last Rites", the individual stories in "In Between The Sheets" are linked loosely by themes...in this case relationships and sex.
McEwan uses "magical realism" in many of these stories by having "unusual" elements taking place in "ordinary" scenarios (Reflections Of a Kept Ape, Dead as They Come and In Between The Sheets).
There are seven stories in "In Between The Sheets" and all of them are summarised individually here.
"In Between The Sheets" By Ian McEwan - Contents
Ian McEwan - In Between The Sheets
- "Pornography" by Ian McEwan (from In Between The Sheets)
- "Reflections Of A Kept Ape" by Ian McEwan (from In Between The Sheets)
- "Two Fragments: Saturday And Sunday, March 199-" by Ian McEwan (from In Between The Sheets)
- "Dead As They Come" by Ian McEwan (from In Between The Sheets)
- "In Between The Sheets" by Ian McEwan (from In Between The Sheets)
- "To And Fro" by Ian McEwan (from In Between The Sheets)
- "Psychopolis" by Ian McEwan (from In Between The Sheets)
- Review Of "In Between The Sheets" By Ian McEwan
- "In Between The Sheets" By Ian McEwan Summary
- "In Between The Sheets" By Ian McEwan On Amazon UK
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"Pornography" by Ian McEwan (from In Between The Sheets)
"Pornography" by Ian McEwan - hell hath no fury like a couple of women scorned...
An arrogant, feckless, under-achiever sleeps around, contracts a sexually transmitted disease but doesn't bother to tell his sexual partners, two of whom eventually cotton on to his philandering ways and together hatch a sado-masochistic plot to seek their revenge. "Reflections Of A Kept Ape" by Ian McEwan (from In Between The Sheets)
"Reflections Of A Kept Ape" by Ian McEwan - monkey business taken to extremes...
A female "one hit wonder" best selling author develops writers block and in order to stimulate her "muse" embarks upon a sexual relationship with her pet chimpanzee. The story is told from the viewpoint of the chimp after the end of the "relationship"...Photo used under Creative Commons from Graham Racher
"Two Fragments: Saturday And Sunday, March 199-" by Ian McEwan (from In Between The Sheets)
"Two Fragments: Saturday And Sunday, March 199-" by Ian McEwan - picking up the pieces...
This two part tale is set in a post apocalyptic London and follows two days in the life of a young man as he tries to care for his young daughter and hold the threads of normality together. "Dead As They Come" by Ian McEwan (from In Between The Sheets)
"Dead As They Come" by Ian McEwan - dumb and dummyer...
This tale concerns a 40-something multi-millionaire, veteran of three failed marriages and his descent into madness as he "falls head over heels in love" with a shop window dummy. Managing by subterfuge to purchase the mannequin, he takes her home and installs her as his "wife". He lavishes clothes, gifts and long romantic dinners on her, pours out his very soul and makes passionate, energetic love to her...throughout it all though he is perturbed to find that she remains cold and silent (...I wonder why????). Eventually this little love-in comes to an abrupt end when Our Very Own Looney-Toon figures that "Helen" (the dummy) is "having an affair" with Brian (the chauffeur). Eventually it all ends in tears when Our Man finally flips totally and rapes and "murders" Helen before trashing his art collection...Photo used under Creative Commons from james@mannequindisplay.com
"In Between The Sheets" by Ian McEwan (from In Between The Sheets)
"In Between The Sheets" by Ian McEwan - growing up is hard to do...
Divorced man with bitter wife who hates him. They reluctantly get together in a cafe where they discuss the upcoming birthday of their teenage daughter. Daughter sends letter asking man for money to buy record player. Man feels he is being exploited so refuses, then feels guilty, so sends more money than originally asked for. Man goes out and buys daughter lots of birthday presents which he then decides not to give her. Man goes to ex-wife's house on daughters birthday and meets daughter's best friend. Daughter asks if she and friend can come and stay with him in holidays. Daughter and friend come to stay. Man gets up in middle of night to use toilet and is shocked to hear sounds of lovemaking coming from bedroom of daughter and friend. Decides to give hidden birthday presents to daughter after all. ...oh sorry, I forgot to say that daughters best friend is a 3 foot high female dwarf...shock horror gasp... "To And Fro" by Ian McEwan (from In Between The Sheets)
"To And Fro" by Ian McEwan - um...
This post from a discussion forum sums up this story perfectly...McEwan's story, "To and Fro"
I can add nothing more as I'm clueless as to what this story is about despite several attempts to obtain some meaning from it...if you have any idea, please send me your interpretations and I'll consider adding them ;)
"Psychopolis" by Ian McEwan (from In Between The Sheets)
"Psychopolis" by Ian McEwan - God Bless America!
English bloke goes to America. He meets a woman called Mary who quickly becomes his lover. So far so good, it goes downhill rapidly though. By halfway down the page, Mary has demanded that she spends an entire weekend shackled to his bed...the plot then meanders around English blokey and his experience with assorted American oddballs... Review Of "In Between The Sheets" By Ian McEwan
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"In Between The Sheets" By Ian McEwan Summary
"In Between The Sheets" By Ian McEwan on Wikipedia
In Between the Sheets (1978) is a collection of short stories by Ian McEwan.Stories
Pornography is about a two-timing pornographer. His lovers eventually trap him and tie him to the bed. The story ends as the women prepare to castrate him in revenge for his having (so they allege) passed on venereal disease to them.
Reflections of a Kept Ape appears to show a relationship of bestiality between a writer and her ape, seen from the point of view of the 'ape'. No dialogue is spoken.
Two Fragments gives a post-apocalyptic view of a ravaged London through the eyes of a father caring for his young daughter in a collapsed society.
Dead As They Come tells of a wealthy businessman's bizarre obsession with a fashion mannequin, which he purchases and takes home with him.
In Between the Sheets tells of a father's suspicions about his teenage daughter's relationship with her older midget girl-friend.
To and Fro
Psychopolis
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"The modern version of Dickens, Ian McEwan has once again demonstrated his complete mastery of English with this wonderful collection of short stories. Satirical and sometimes scary, this book is an enthralling read."
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"Call them transcripts of dreams or deadly accurate maps of the tremor zones of the psyche, the seven stories in this collection engage and implicate us in the most fearful ways imaginable. A two-timing pornographer becomes an unwilling object in the fantasies of one of his victims. A jaded millionaire buys himself the perfect mistress and plunges into a hell of jealousy and despair. And in the course of a weekend with his teenage daughter, a guilt-ridden father discovers the depths of his own blundering innocence.
At once chilling and beguiling, and written in prose of lacerating beauty, In Between the Sheets is a tour de force by one of England's most acclaimed practitioners of literary unease."
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