An excellent film but the beauty of the book is in its writing for McEwan is indeed one of our country’s literary giants. Get lost in his words, the hypocrisy of the upper-class world and then the shattering atrocities of war, right through to its very clever ending.
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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.
This unforgettable novel was adapted for film in 2007, starring James McAvoy as Robbie and Keira Knightley as Cecilia.
Atonement features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Family Drama, Historical Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Atonement is available in Hardback, Paperback, Ebook
Atonement was written by Ian McEwan and published by Vintage an imprint of Vintage Publishing
Atonement has 371 pages
£8.99
