These three bestselling novels by the Booker Award-winning author explore the dark sides of love, family and sexuality. The Child in Time On a routine Saturday morning trip to the supermarket, a father's brief moment of distraction turns his life upside down when his daughter is kidnapped. His spiral of guilt and bereavement has effects on his marriage, his psyche—and time itself. The Cement Garden When their mother suddenly dies, four siblings hide her body in the basement to prevent others from discovering her death and placing them in foster care. But their dark secret sets them on a path of isolation and boundary-crossing intimacy. The Comfort of Strangers Colin and Mary are vacationing in Venice in hopes of reigniting their relationship. But after losing their way in the winding streets, their acquaintance with another couple takes turns that are likewise erotic and violent in nature.

イアン・マキューアンは、日常の亀裂から溢れ出す狂気と、愛という名の残酷な深淵を描く稀代の魔術師です。本書の三作は、喪失や禁忌、暴力的なエロスを扱いながら、その筆致は冷徹なほど美しく、読者の倫理観を揺さぶります。彼が描くのは衝撃的な事件の先にある、極限状態に置かれた人間の「魂の変容」そのものです。 映像化作品では耽美な構図が恐怖を補完していますが、真髄はやはり活字にあります。テキスト特有の時間軸の歪みや内面の葛藤は、映像体験をより重層的なものへと昇華させるでしょう。物語の裏に潜む「見えない毒」を文字で追い、映像の記憶と衝突させる悦びを、ぜひ全身で味わってください。