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Other Versions of this Book: Paperback, Audio CD (Unabridged), Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged)
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On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper's son Robbie Turner, a childhood friend who, along with Briony's sister, has recently graduated from Cambridge.
By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had never before dared to approach and will have become victims of the younger girl's scheming imagination. And Briony will have committed a dreadful crime, the guilt for which will color her entire life.
In each of his novels Ian McEwan has brilliantly drawn his reader into the intimate lives and situations of his characters. But never before has he worked with so large a canvas: In Atonement he takes the reader from a manor house in England in 1935 to the retreat from Dunkirk in 1941; from the London's World War II military hospitals to a reunion of the Tallis clan in 1999.
Atonement is Ian McEwan's finest achievement. Brilliant and utterly enthralling in its depiction of childhood, love and war, England and class, the novel is at its center a profound -- and profoundly moving -- exploration of shame and forgiveness and the difficulty of absolution.
By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had never before dared to approach and will have become victims of the younger girl's scheming imagination. And Briony will have committed a dreadful crime, the guilt for which will color her entire life.
In each of his novels Ian McEwan has brilliantly drawn his reader into the intimate lives and situations of his characters. But never before has he worked with so large a canvas: In Atonement he takes the reader from a manor house in England in 1935 to the retreat from Dunkirk in 1941; from the London's World War II military hospitals to a reunion of the Tallis clan in 1999.
Atonement is Ian McEwan's finest achievement. Brilliant and utterly enthralling in its depiction of childhood, love and war, England and class, the novel is at its center a profound -- and profoundly moving -- exploration of shame and forgiveness and the difficulty of absolution.
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Meh. Is the best work I could come up with. Atonement in my opinion wasn't fantastic and it wasn't horrible. I've read worse books, but I've definitely read better. The book was better than the movie I thought as there's a lot of thought and inner monologue going on which the movie has a harder time capturing. So if you are debating between the two, my recommendation would be to read the book. The story is very saddening, disappointing, and in general a downer. Just a fair warning
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Beautiful novel of love, loss and regret. McEwan is a master at setting tone. Pace maybe slow for some, but that is exactly his intent, especially in the first part, to build suspense and conflict. Highly recommend this book for excellent writing and interesting characters.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
My bookclub had a good discussion w/ this book. Spooky ending.
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A very detailed and realistic account of (almost) every day life in 30's England which turns very surreal.
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While I loved the movie, the book is better because the characters are truely brought to life.
The author has a knack for discribing the details around the characters. I will admit, at times, can slow the story down, but you get a true sence of what is going on.
The young girl's imagaination is quite vivid. You understand more clearly through the book, then the movie, why the young girl did what she did.
Read it and you will understand what I mean.
Dana (I was really surprised at how much I disliked this book. It's one of those rarities where the movie was more enjoyable to me than the book. I couldn't even finish it because it just dragged on and on and the author was so redundant about the little girl and her fixation on her writings that it just bored me to tears.
I appreciate that the critics loved this book...BUT I didn't. I can only recall a handful of books that I have not finished once I started. I just couldn't stay with it. I found it choppy, and the story line didn't flow for me. I hope the next person appreciates it more than I.
McEwan is a master; the Economist review: "Atonement is a work of astonishing depth and humanity...worthy of the Booker." This is the story of a family, and three young people, caught up as victims of a young girl's scheming imagination.
This comes from the inside cover. On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, 13 yr old Briony Tallis see her older sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge int the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper's son Robbie Turner, a childhood friend who, along withe Briony's sister, has recently graduated from Cambridge. By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever.
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