Atonement
- ISBN
- 9780099429791
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Publication year
- 2002
- Pages
- 371
- Language
- English
- Format
- Paperback
Description
A crime changes three lives in Ian McEwan's Atonement. The story starts on a hot summer day in 1935. At her family's country house, Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia. Briony is thirteen. She sees Cecilia step naked into a garden fountain. Robbie Turner watches too. He and Cecilia have both just come back from Cambridge.
By day's end, Briony has committed a crime. She will spend her life trying to make amends. This novel explores the past and how people think and feel. It also deals with love and family life. It is for readers drawn to tales of siblings, guilt, and lasting harm.
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