Atonement

Atonement (2001) is a novel by British writer Ian McEwan. It is widely regarded as one of McEwan's best works. McEwan utilises several stylistic techniques in the novel including metafiction and psychological realism. Ian McEwan's symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose.

On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment's flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia's childhood friend. But Briony's incomplete grasp of adult motives-together with her precocious literary gifts-brings about a crime that will change all their lives. As it follows that crime's repercussions through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth cenAtonement (2001) is a novel by British writer Ian McEwan. It is widely regarded as one of McEwan's best works. McEwan utilises several stylistic techniques in the novel including metafiction and psychological realism. Ian McEwan's symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose.

On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment's flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia's childhood friend. But Briony's incomplete grasp of adult motives-together with her precocious literary gifts-brings about a crime that will change all their lives. As it follows that crime's repercussions through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century, Atonement engages the reader on every conceivable level, with an ease and authority that mark it as a masterpiece

This final chapter of Ian McEwan's novel is a great and profound epilogue full of insight into writing itself. Briony writes in first person, asking herself whether writing can be atonement, whether by creating happiness for Robbie and Cecilia she tury, Atonement engages the reader on every conceivable level, with an ease and authority that mark it as a masterpiece

This final chapter of Ian McEwan's novel is a great and profound epilogue full of insight into writing itself. Briony writes in first person, asking herself whether writing can be atonement, whether by creating happiness for Robbie and Cecilia she