Love, war, guilt, forgiveness woven into masterful prose.
If you're intrigued by the intertwining of personal drama with historical events, "Atonement" could be a mesmerizing read for you. Ian McEwan crafts a story that isn't just about the characters but about the very nature of storytelling itself. The novel's depth, exploring themes of guilt and the search for redemption, is hauntingly beautiful and may stay with you long after the last page.
ISBN: 9780099429791
Authors:
Ian McEwan
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2016-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.94
(rated by 516033 readers)
Description
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 1934, 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.
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