'Atonement is a masterpiece' The Times
On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia plunge naked into the fountain in the garden of their country house.
Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever.
Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.
'The best thing he has ever written' Observer
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
Rezensionen / Stimmen
He is this country's unrivalled literary giant...a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel * Independent on Sunday * Ian McEwan's highly-charged story of sin and forgiveness is masterfully told. Tense, shocking and heart-breaking in equal turn. * Grazia * Atonement is a masterpiece...it is also an elegy to a time which, however volatile, still had certainties * The Times * A beautiful and majestic fictional panorama A deft and brilliant exploration of guilt, family and the rippling repercussions of a single moment in life * Red * A superb achievement * New York Times * A magnificent novel * Independent * The best thing he has ever written * Observer * McEwan's best novel so far, his masterpiece * Evening Standard * Subtle as well as powerful, adeptly encompassing comedy as well as atrocity, Atonement is a richly intricate book... A superb achievement * Sunday Times *
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Maße
Höhe: 188 mm
Breite: 127 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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978-0-09-942979-1 (9780099429791)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; Machines Like Me; and Lessons. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.
