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Atonement
Ian Mcewan
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Description for Atonement
Paperback. In the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have changed for ever.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
‘Atonement is a masterpiece’ The Times
On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia plunge naked into the fountain in the garden of their country house.
Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever.
Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the ... Read morerest of her life trying to atone.
'The best thing he has ever written' Observer
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
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London, United Kingdom
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About Ian Mcewan
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On ... Read moreChesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; and Nutshell, which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time. Show Less
Reviews for Atonement
He is this country's unrivalled literary giant...a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel
Independent on Sunday
Ian McEwan’s highly-charged story of sin and forgiveness is masterfully told. Tense, shocking and heart-breaking in equal turn.
Grazia
Atonement is a masterpiece...it is also an elegy to a time which, however volatile, still had certainties
The Times
... Read moreA beautiful and majestic fictional panorama A deft and brilliant exploration of guilt, family and the rippling repercussions of a single moment in life
Red
A superb achievement
New York Times
A magnificent novel
Independent
The best thing he has ever written
Observer
McEwan's best novel so far, his masterpiece
Evening Standard
Subtle as well as powerful, adeptly encompassing comedy as well as atrocity, Atonement is a richly intricate book... A superb achievement
Sunday Times
An evocative depiction of the dangers of innocence and ignorance in the face of uncomfortable reality.
Herald
Brilliantly explores the currents of guilt, shame and anger... Utterly satisfying, complete
Scotsman
A complex, thought-provoking novel.
Woman and Home
Smoulders with slow-burning menace
The Times
Just brilliant, particularly for the clever, poignant final chapter. I loved the shattering, satisfying twist
Red
I love being transported to a different era and this masterly novel succeeds at every level
Daily Express
This is a rare creature - a heartbreaker with genuine heart. Wonderful
Herald
One of the great unrequited love stories
Eve Magazine
An astonishing narrative... a novel that stick with you long after you finish it
Week
Simply stunning from beginning to end, this tense, evocative, beautifully-drawn novel transported me back to the 1930s and 40s, swept me away - and broke my heart too.
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