On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan.

Ian McEwan concentrates a young couple's hopes, fears and sexual uncertainty into their wedding night. An intimate encounter becomes a collision between what each person feels and what each can communicate.

Read it for the consequences of what goes unsaid. The novel asks how a moment acquires the power to determine a future, and whether that power can be understood while the moment is still unfolding.