Paperback, 372 pages
English language
Published July 16, 2007 by Anchor Books.
On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, 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. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed forever and Briony will have committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone. --back cover
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.
