Atonement
Discover the modern classic that has sold over two million copies.
$23.25
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
8 June 2023
Summary
‘The best thing he has ever written’ - Observer
Discover the modern classic that has sold over two million copies.
“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.”
On the hottest day of 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 Cambri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099429791 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099429799 |
| Author: | Ian McEwan |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 8 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 305g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Vintage War |
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Critics Review
A magnificent novel
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 *A beautiful and majestic fictional panoramaA 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 *
About The Author
Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and two short story collections. 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 Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; Machines Like Me; and Lessons. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.
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