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“What We Can Know” by Ian McEwan.

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One hundred years in the future, a lonely British scholar longs for our time as he chases a poem written in 2014. He’s captivated by what he imagines were the freedoms and possibilities of human life at its zenith. It’s...

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“What We Can Know” by Ian McEwan. is an episode from All About Books | NET Radio by Nebraska Public Media. One hundred years in the future, a lonely British scholar longs for our time as he chases a poem written in 2014. He’s captivated by...

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One hundred years in the future, a lonely British scholar longs for our time as he chases a poem written in 2014. He’s captivated by what he imagines were the freedoms and possibilities of human life at its zenith. It’s the carefully plotted literary novel, “What We Can Know” by Ian McEwan.

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Published Apr 29, 2026 and 8:21 long