Atonement A Novel
Atonement A Novel by Ian McEwan is a first edition published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on February 25, 2003. This 368-page novel explores themes of love, war, childhood, class, guilt, and forgiveness through a narrative that intertwines personal and historical events. The story begins on a hot summer day in 1935, when thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a fleeting moment between her sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner, a family friend. Briony’s misunderstanding of adult intentions leads to a crime that irrevocably alters the lives of those involved.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of characters and events as the novel delves into the consequences of Briony’s actions, tracing their impact through the turmoil of World War II and into the late twentieth century. Atonement presents a complex exploration of human relationships and the quest for redemption, engaging with the intricacies of memory and narrative. This edition invites readers to reflect on the nature of guilt and the possibility of forgiveness within the context of both personal and historical sagas.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness that provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from the acclaimed Booker Prize–winning, internationally bestselling author.
One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century
“A beautiful and majestic fictional panorama.” —John Updike, The New Yorker
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.
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