What We Can Know
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| Author | Ian McEwan |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape (UK) |
Publication date | 2025 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Pages | 400 |
| ISBN | 9781787335738 |
What We Can Know is the 18th novel by author Ian McEwan published in 2025 by Jonathan Cape,[1] set almost a century in the future in a UK partially submerged by rising seas.[2] The book is centered on Tom Metcalfe, an academic at the fictional University of the South Downs investigating a lost poem, read aloud in 2014.[3] McEwan has described the book as a work of science fiction “without the science."[4]
References
- ^ McEwan, Ian (2025-09-18). "What We Can Know". Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ^ Creamer, Ella (2025-02-07). "Ian McEwan novel What We Can Know to be published this year". The Guardian. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ^ "Ian McEwan's next novel, 'What We Can Know,' is science fiction 'without the science'". ABC News. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ^ "Ian McEwan's next novel, 'What We Can Know,' is science fiction 'without the science'". The Independent. 2025-02-07. Retrieved 2025-02-07.