Atonement
by Ian McEwan
2001historical romanceDunkirk EvacuationNational Book Critics Circle Award Winneraward:national_book_critics_circle_award=2002award:national_book_critics_circle_award=fiction
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The play, for which Briony had designed the posters, programmes and tickets, constructed the sales booth out of a folding screen tipped on its side, and lined the collection box in red crepe paper, was written by her in a two-day tempest of composition, causing her to miss a breakfast and a lunch.
About this book
Atonement is a 2001 British metafiction novel written by Ian McEwan. Set in three time periods, 1935 England, Second World War England and France, and present-day England, it covers an upper-class girl's half-innocent mistake that ruins lives, her adulthood in the shadow of that mistake, and a reflection on the nature of writing. Widely regarded as one of McEwan's best works, it was shortlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize for fiction. In 2010, Time magazine named Atonement in its list of the 100 greatest English-language novels since 1923.
Themes & subjects
historical romanceDunkirk EvacuationNational Book Critics Circle Award Winneraward:national_book_critics_circle_award=2002award:national_book_critics_circle_award=fictionPsychological fiction
First published 2001Characters & people
Setting
EnglandGreat BritainUniversity of Cambridge1936-1952, George 6George VI, 1936-1952George V, 1910-193619351939-45
About the author
Ian McEwan
21 June 1948
Ian Russell McEwan (born 21 June 1948) is a British novelist and screenwriter. He began his career writing sparse, Gothic short stories. His first two novels, *The Cement Garden* (1978) and The *Comfort of Strangers* (1981), earned him the nickname "Ian Macabre". These were followed by three novels of some success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His 1997 novel *Enduring Love* was adapted into a film of the same name. He won the Booker Prize with *Amsterdam* (1998). He was awarded the 1999 Shakespeare Prize. His next novel, *Atonement* (2001), garnered acclaim and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film. He received the 2011 Jerusalem Prize. His later novels have included *The Children Act,…
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