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ISBN13: 9780676974560. ISBN10: 0676974562. by Ian McEwan. Published by Random House of Canada, Ltd. Edition: 02

Ian McEwan has received prestigious awards and international praise for his novels, including Enduring Love . In Atonement , three children lose their innocence--as the sweltering summer heat bears down on the hottest day in 1935--and their lives are changed forever. Cecilia Tallis is of England’s privileged class; Robbie Turner is the housekeeper’s son. In their moment of intimate surrender, they are interrupted by Cecilia’s hyper imaginative and scheming 13-year-old sister, Briony. And as chaos...

Ian McEwan has received prestigious awards and international praise for his novels, including Enduring Love . In Atonement , three children lose their innocence--as the sweltering summer heat bears down on the hottest day in 1935--and their lives are changed forever. Cecilia Tallis is of England’s privileged class; Robbie Turner is the housekeeper’s son. In their moment of intimate surrender, they are interrupted by Cecilia’s hyper imaginative and scheming 13-year-old sister, Briony. And as chaos...

Pages: 384, Paperback, Vintage Books

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This is an up-to-date reader of critical essays on Ian McEwan by leading international academics, covering McEwan's most recent novels including "Saturday", "On Chesil Beach" and an analysis of the film adaptation of "Enduring Love".Ian McEwan is one of the most significant, and controversial, British novelists working in the contemporary period. His books are both critically - and academically - acclaimed and embraced by the audiences across the world. Although primarily a novelist, he has also...

Pages: 351, Edition: First American Edition, Hardcover, Nan A. Talese

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On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper’s son Robbie Turner, a childhood friend who, along with Briony’s sister, has recently graduated from Cambridge.

We meet 13-year-old Briony Tallis in the summer of 1935, as she attempts to stage a production of her new drama "The Trials of Arabella" to welcome home her older, idolized brother Leon. But she soon discovers that her cousins, the glamorous Lola and the twin boys Jackson and Pierrot, aren't up to the task, and directorial ambitions are abandoned as more interesting prospects of preoccupation come onto the scene. The charlady's son, Robbie Turner, appears to be forcing Briony's sister Cecilia...

On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment’s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia’s childhood friend. But Briony’ s incomplete grasp of adult motives–together with her precocious literary gifts–brings about a crime that will change all their lives. As it follows that crime’s repercussions through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century, Atonement engages the...

In his triumphant new novel, Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of "Atonement, "follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish. Henry Perowne-a neurosurgeon, urbane, privileged, deeply in love with his wife and grown-up children-plans to play a game of squash, visit his elderly mother, and cook dinner for his family. But after a minor traffic accident leads to an unsettling confrontation, Perowne must set aside his plans and summon a strength greater than...

McEwan, Ian. ATONEMENT. A Novel. London: Jonathan Cape 2007. Limited Edition. "Signed Limited Edition" - reportedly 2,000 copies - of this 2001 novel. Booker nominee. Reissued in this format as a tie-in to the highly successful film made of it last year. Each copy is signed by McEwan on the title-page. By the author of AMSTERDAM (which was a Booker Prize winner). The dust-jacket sports a picture of Saoirse Ronan from the 2007 film. 8vo cloth, silk marker. Very fine in like dj. [Book #24104] See...

Book Details MCEWAN, Ian On Chesil Beach. New York: Doubleday 2007. First U.S. edition. Near Fine in fine dust jacket. The most recent novel by the author Atonement. Already a best seller in the U.S. and in England. ISBN: 9780385522403 [Book #24299] Price: $15.00 save 50%$7.50 See all items in Books $30 and Under See all items in Modern British Literature See all items by MCEWAN, Ian

Description On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment of flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia s childhood friend. But Briony has an incomplete grasp of adult motives together with her precocious literary gifts brings about a crime that will change all their lives. As it follows that crime has repercussions through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century, Atonement...