![]() ![]() ![]() When Joe goes to the library to do research for an article he is writing, he believes he sees Parry there stalking him. Joe used to be a scientist, but decided to go into journalism after a failed patent application. While at the picnic, the couple also meets a religious man,Jed Parry,who takes a seemingly romantic interest in Joe. ![]() Joe and Clarissa are shaken by the accident and comfort each other. Only one man, a doctor named John Logan, holds on to his rope and is lifted into the sky with the balloon. However, a strong gust of wind lifts the balloon up, causing them to let go of the ropes. Joe and several other men run after the balloon and grab the ropes. The two are enjoying a picnic when they see a runaway hot air balloon with a frightened boy in the basket. Clarissa, an English professor who studies Keats, is more emotional and prefers to deal with things in an empathetic way. Joe, a science journalist, is very rational and prefers logic as a way of dealing with situations. Joe and Clarissa Rose are a young, married British couple. In 2004, it was adapted into a motion picture starring Daniel Craig and Samantha Morton, and directed by Roger Michell. The novel was shortlisted for the Whitbread Book Award in 1999. Published in 1997, the novel details the existential crisis of a science journalist after he witnesses a fatal hot air balloon accident at a picnic. Enduring Love is the sixth novel written by award-winning British author Ian McEwan. ![]()
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