Atonement
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On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, 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 is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start, and will have become victims of the younger girl's imagination. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.
CONTRIBUTORS: Ian McEwan
EAN: 9780099507383
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 305 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Vintage Publishing
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GENRE: FICTION / Historical / World War II, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION / World Literature / England / 21st Century
WIDTH: 129 cm
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Book Themes:
England, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Historical romance, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Social issues
He is this country's unrivalled literary giant...a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel, Ian McEwan’s highly-charged story of sin and forgiveness is masterfully told. Tense, shocking and heart-breaking in equal turn., Atonement is a masterpiece...it is also an elegy to a time which, however volatile, still had certainties, A beautiful and majestic fictional panorama, A deft and brilliant exploration of guilt, family and the rippling repercussions of a single moment in life
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. 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; and Nutshell, which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time.
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On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, 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 is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start, and will have become victims of the younger girl's imagination. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.
CONTRIBUTORS: Ian McEwan
EAN: 9780099507383
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 305 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Vintage Publishing
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: FICTION / Historical / World War II, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION / World Literature / England / 21st Century
WIDTH: 129 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
England, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Historical romance, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Social issues
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. 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; and Nutshell, which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time.
