Ian McEwan: Atonement (EBook, 2003, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
eBook
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2003 by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Atonement is a 2001 British metafiction novel written by Ian McEwan. Set in three time periods, 1935 England, Second World War England and France, and present-day England, it covers an upper-class girl's half-innocent mistake that ruins lives, her adulthood in the shadow of that mistake, and a reflection on the nature of writing. Widely regarded as one of McEwan's best works, it was shortlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize for fiction. In 2010, Time magazine named Atonement in its list of the 100 greatest English-language novels since 1923.In 2007, the book was adapted into a BAFTA and Academy Award-winning film of the same title, starring Saoirse Ronan, James McAvoy, and Keira Knightley, and directed by Joe Wright.
Atonement is a 2001 British metafiction novel written by Ian McEwan. Set in three time periods, 1935 England, Second World War England and France, and present-day England, it covers an upper-class girl's half-innocent mistake that ruins lives, her adulthood in the shadow of that mistake, and a reflection on the nature of writing. Widely regarded as one of McEwan's best works, it was shortlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize for fiction. In 2010, Time magazine named Atonement in its list of the 100 greatest English-language novels since 1923.In 2007, the book was adapted into a BAFTA and Academy Award-winning film of the same title, starring Saoirse Ronan, James McAvoy, and Keira Knightley, and directed by Joe Wright.
The writing is impeccable, the story touching albeit moving too slowly sometimes. It's a great read even if you already know the film adaption.
The writing is impeccable, the story touching albeit moving too slowly sometimes. It's a great read even if you already know the film adaption.
Often too stylistically written for its own good, but a worthwhile read.
Damn, this is a good book, paced and nuanced, subtle and for a little while overt.
Almost too good. At a point in the book I had to put it aside for a few days not to be crushed by it. Its characters were living with me even weeks after I finished reading it.
