Atonement
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781409090021
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 384
Ian McEwan’s highly-charged story of sin and forgiveness is masterfully told. Tense, shocking and heart-breaking in equal turn.
Grazia
Simply stunning from beginning to end, this tense, evocative, beautifully-drawn novel transported me back to the 1930s and 40s, swept me away - and broke my heart too.
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A deft and brilliant exploration of guilt, family and the rippling repercussions of a single moment in life
Red
A magnificent novel
Independent
A superb achievement
New York Times
The best thing he has ever written
Observer
He is this country's unrivalled literary giant...a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel
Independent on Sunday
McEwan's best novel so far, his masterpiece
Evening Standard
A beautiful and majestic fictional panorama
John Updike
Subtle as well as powerful, adeptly encompassing comedy as well as atrocity, Atonement is a richly intricate book... A superb achievement
Sunday Times
Atonement is a masterpiece...it is also an elegy to a time which, however volatile, still had certainties
The Times
An evocative depiction of the dangers of innocence and ignorance in the face of uncomfortable reality.
Herald
Brilliantly explores the currents of guilt, shame and anger... Utterly satisfying, complete
Scotsman
A complex, thought-provoking novel.
Fanny Blake, Woman and Home
Smoulders with slow-burning menace
The Times
Just brilliant, particularly for the clever, poignant final chapter. I loved the shattering, satisfying twist
Tasmina Perry, Red
I love being transported to a different era and this masterly novel succeeds at every level
Stephanie Beacham, Daily Express
This is a rare creature - a heartbreaker with genuine heart. Wonderful
Herald
One of the great unrequited love stories
Eve Magazine
An astonishing narrative... a novel that stick with you long after you finish it
Rich Clarke, Week
A beautiful and majestic fictional panorama
John Updike
A complex, thought-provoking novel.
Fanny Blake, Woman and Home
A magnificent novel
Independent
A superb achievement
New York Times
An astonishing narrative... a novel that stick with you long after you finish it
Rich Clarke, Week
An evocative depiction of the dangers of innocence and ignorance in the face of uncomfortable reality.
Herald
Atonement is a masterpiece...it is also an elegy to a time which, however volatile, still had certainties
The Times
Brilliantly explores the currents of guilt, shame and anger... Utterly satisfying, complete
Scotsman
He is this country's unrivalled literary giant...a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel
Independent on Sunday
McEwan's best novel so far, his masterpiece
Evening Standard
Smoulders with slow-burning menace
The Times
Subtle as well as powerful, adeptly encompassing comedy as well as atrocity, Atonement is a richly intricate book... A superb achievement
Sunday Times
The best thing he has ever written
Observer
