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  1. Overview. Atonement, Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel spanning over sixty years, is a work of metafiction, or fiction that alludes to its own artificiality to emphasize and encourage readers to think about the nature of fiction. The novel intertwines a tale of grand romance, the horrors of World War II, and the destruction caused by a young girl’s ...

  2. Atonement Full Book Summary. On a summer day in the English countryside in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis has written a play, The Trials of Arabella, to be performed by her visiting cousins, fifteen-year-old Lola and Lola’s nine-year-old twin brothers. The cousins are staying with Briony’s family while their parents finalize their ...

  3. Full Book Analysis. Atonement is the story of how a young girl’s desire to be an adult, in addition to a vivid imagination, leads her to make a partially innocent mistake that has devastating consequences. The novel explores the distinction between childhood and adulthood, the nature of perspective, the pull of regret, and, perhaps most ...

  4. Atonement, acclaimed as one of his strongest works, was written in 2001. Following Atonement, McEwan has written one libretto and five novels, the most recent of which will be released in September 2014. He has two children from his first marriage to Penny Allen, which ended in an acrimonious divorce. McEwan is now married to Annalena McAfee, a ...

  5. Atonement Summary. Briony Tallis is a literary, self-important 13-year-old who lives in an English country estate in 1935. Her cousins, 15-year-old Lola Quincey and 9-year-old twins Jackson and Pierrot Quincey, are coming to stay with the Tallises because their parents are embroiled in a divorce. Meanwhile, Briony’s older sister Cecilia holds ...

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  8. Dec 11, 2020 · Item Size. 801071646. 371 pages ; 20 cm. The publication of Atonement cemented Ian McEwan's reputation as one of the most exciting and accomplished writers of his generation. From its breath-taking opening section, telling the events of a fateful summer's day in 1935, McEwan unravels a tale of love and war that breaks the heart, even as the ...

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