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Atonement
  

Atonement [Large Print] (Hardcover)

de Ian McEwan (Author)
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Ian McEwan's Booker Prize-nominated Atonement is his first novel since Amsterdam took home the prize in 1998. But while Amsterdam was a slim, sleek piece, Atonement is a more sturdy, more ambitious work, allowing McEwan more room to play, think, and experiment.

We meet 13-year-old Briony Tallis in the summer of 1935, as she attempts to stage a production of her new drama "The Trials of Arabella" to welcome home her older, idolized brother Leon. But she soon discovers that her cousins, the glamorous Lola and the twin boys Jackson and Pierrot, aren't up to the task, and directorial ambitions are abandoned as more interesting prospects of preoccupation come onto the scene. The charlady's son, Robbie Turner, appears to be forcing Briony's sister Cecilia to strip in the fountain and sends her obscene letters; Leon has brought home a dim chocolate magnate keen for a war to promote his new "Army Ammo" chocolate bar; and upstairs, Briony's migraine-stricken mother Emily keeps tabs on the house from her bed. Soon, secrets emerge that change the lives of everyone present....

The interwar, upper-middle-class setting of the book's long, masterfully sustained opening section might recall Virginia Woolf or Henry Green, but as we move forward--eventually to the turn of the 21st century--the novel's central concerns emerge, and McEwan's voice becomes clear, even personal. For at heart, Atonement is about the pleasures, pains, and dangers of writing, and perhaps even more, about the challenge of controlling what readers make of your writing. McEwan shouldn't have any doubts about readers of Atonement: this is a thoughtful, provocative, and at times moving book that will have readers applauding. --Alan Stewart, Amazon.co.uk

From Publishers Weekly

This haunting novel, which just failed to win the Booker this year, is at once McEwan at his most closely observed and psychologically penetrating, and his most sweeping and expansive. It is in effect two, or even three, books in one, all masterfully crafted. The first part ushers us into a domestic crisis that becomes a crime story centered around an event that changes the lives of half a dozen people in an upper-middle-class country home on a hot English summer's day in 1935. Young Briony Tallis, a hyperimaginative 13-year-old who sees her older sister, Cecilia, mysteriously involved with their neighbor Robbie Turner, a fellow Cambridge student subsidized by the Tallis family, points a finger at Robbie when her young cousin is assaulted in the grounds that night; on her testimony alone, Robbie is jailed. The second part of the book moves forward five years to focus on Robbie, now freed and part of the British Army that was cornered and eventually evacuated by a fleet of small boats at Dunkirk during the early days of WWII. This is an astonishingly imagined fresco that bares the full anguish of what Britain in later years came to see as a kind of victory. In the third part, Briony becomes a nurse amid wonderfully observed scenes of London as the nation mobilizes. No, she doesn't have Robbie as a patient, but she begins to come to terms with what she has done and offers to make amends to him and Cecilia, now together as lovers. In an ironic epilogue that is yet another coup de the tre, McEwan offers Briony as an elderly novelist today, revisiting her past in fact and fancy and contributing a moving windup to the sustained flight of a deeply novelistic imagination. With each book McEwan ranges wider, and his powers have never been more fully in evidence than here. Author tour. (Mar. 19)Forecast: McEwan's work has been building a strong literary readership, and the brilliantly evoked prewar and wartime scenes here should extend that; expect strong results from handselling to the faithful. The cover photo of a stately English home nicely establishes the novel's atmosphere

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Can a writer achieve penance and atonement through writing?, Mars 16 2002
Par K. Corn "reviewer" (Indianapolis,, IN United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
While Ian McEwan's novel seemingly centers around one day and evening when a series of unfortunate events cascades into tragedy for one family, this is only one layer in this mesmerizing book. Below the surface are questions about sin, human fraility, love and, finally, atonement. At the heart of the book is a young girl names Briony and her unformed views of the world which lead her to unfortunate conclusions. As McEwan describes her perspective: .."her life now beginning had sent her a villain in the form of an old family friend...that seemed about right- truth was strange and deceptive, it had to be struggled for, against the flow of the everyday..."
Until I encountered this book, I had begun to wonder if there was truly anything new and original to be read in literature - or only a rehash of themes that had already been worked to death. But McEwan's book not only kept me glued to my seat until I'd finished every last page and read every single word (but slowly, so I could savor the best lines), but made me rethink my beliefs. It made me think about not only love, family ties and betrayals and truth versus fiction but left a reverberation that continues to echo through my days. If this sounds overblown and sentimental, I urge you to read this book yourself before coming to any judgments.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 A worthy and in some ways superior follow-up to McEwan's Amsterdam., Oct. 13 2007
This review is from: Atonement (Paperback)
Ian McEwan's Atonement renders the story of the Tallis family during a crucial epoch-- the interwar period, 1935, just before WWII. The spotlight shines most directly on Briony, the early-pubescent daughter whose household will soon swell with the arrival of new family members. Briony has the insecurity and longings that remind a reader of Holden Caulfield, along with the latter's desire to set things right in her own preconceived way. Briony dreams of becoming a novelist but will later become a nurse to "atone" for the sins of her actions that lead to unintended consequences. In fact, true to the book's title, its characters in general atone in various ways for the often disastrous outcomes of their actions.

Besides the depth of character development in the book, we the readers are also treated to a marvelously vivid set of images of a world gradually hurtling toward war. There is Briony's stripping in the fountain for Robbie Turner, and the latter's desperation several years later at Dunkirk, waiting in terror for an uncertain rescue as the Nazi death trap closes in around him and his compatriots. A worthy and in some ways superior follow-up to McEwan's Amsterdam.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Definitely Recommend!, Jui 13 2007
This review is from: Atonement (Paperback)
I won't go into much detail but this book was really, really great! The characters & plot are wonderful. Also, you may be interested to know that they are making a movie of the book which should be out in December 2007 so read the book before then! I highly recommend this book! Sorry this wasn't too helpful!
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1.0étoiles sur 5 Different, too different...
I initially picked this book up because of it's raving reviews. It was good to start, interesting. Without explanation jumps to a large section about war (do not care for war)... Read more
Publié il y a 12 mois par F. Green

5.0étoiles sur 5 A work of staggering beauty and emotional complexity
In the realm of modern literature, no star seems to be shining as brilliantly as that of Ian McEwan, and Atonement is a work of truly magical beauty and grace. Read more
Publié le Jui 22 2006 par Daniel Jolley

5.0étoiles sur 5 Oh the consequences....
Atonement is one of those rare gems that you pick up and never want to put down, whether on the subway or eating dinner. Read more
Publié le Mai 22 2006 par Violet Smythe

5.0étoiles sur 5 A meditation on the art of manipulation
I read Atonement about a year ago, and parts of it linger in my mind to this day. I've read other works by the author, including his latest, Saturday, and they are all... Read more
Publié le Déc 19 2005 par Lee Zimmerman

3.0étoiles sur 5 I'll try again
Frankly, I'm not too sure about this one. The language is great but I found it too 'elongated'. I guess it's just me.. Read more
Publié le Aoû 5 2005 par Just another reader

5.0étoiles sur 5 PAY ATTENTION AND YOU'LL ENJOY
"ATONEMENT" is a highly provocative novel of complex plots and characters. You have to pay attention to truly enjoy it, but that shouldn't be a problem because the... Read more
Publié le Aoû 4 2005 par Adrienne Moss

5.0étoiles sur 5 Atonement is a first-rate classic to come
If you enjoyed books such as Sebold's "The Lovely Bones" or McCrae's "The Children's Corner", then you'll love "Atonement. Read more
Publié le Mai 20 2005 par Sharon Massey

5.0étoiles sur 5 Worth of High Praise
ATONEMENT is not a run of the mill novel. Ian McEwan writes with a fresh and unique style. His style though has a melancholy sadness to it much like Rikki Lee Travolta's MY... Read more
Publié le Mars 10 2005

4.0étoiles sur 5 Really Like It
If you enjoyed Kaitlyn Stewarts "Nightmares Echo" and Jackson Tippet McCrae's "Bark of Dogwood" you should enjoy "Atonement." It is an excellent book.
Publié le Fév 7 2005 par Naomi Tessman

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