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Atonement

byIan McEwan

Who is this book for? Readers interested in literary fiction that explores complex themes of love, guilt, and the impact of war.

Topics GuiltFamilyWorld war iiMistaken identityWritingRegretClass divideRedemptionMemoryLoveWar
MoodReflective, Melancholic
Female protagonist
RomanceMajor Subplot
ViolenceMild
Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes
Ian McEwan's symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose. On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment's flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia's childhood friend. But Briony's incomplete grasp of adult motives-together with her precocious literary gifts-brings about a crime that will change all their lives. As it follows that crime's repercussions through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century, Atonement engages the reader on every conceivable level, with an ease and authority that mark it as a genuine masterpiece.

Language

en

Published on

01/01/2002

Pages

351

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780385721790

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