Atonement：A Novel

图书标准信息

• 作者 Ian Mcewan 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2003-02
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780385721790
• 定价 119.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 大32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 368页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

NationalBestseller

IanMcEwan’ssymphonicnovelofloveandwar,childhoodandclass,guiltandforgivenessprovidesallthesatisfactionofabrilliantnarrativeandtheprovocationwehavecometoexpectfromthismasterofEnglishprose.

Onahotsummerdayin1935,thirteen-year-oldBrionyTalliswitnessesamoment’sflirtationbetweenheroldersister,Cecilia,andRobbieTurner,thesonofaservantandCecilia’schildhoodfriend.ButBriony’sincompletegraspofadultmotives–togetherwithherprecociousliterarygifts–bringsaboutacrimethatwillchangealltheirlives.Asitfollowsthatcrime’srepercussionsthroughthechaosandcarnageofWorldWarIIandintothecloseofthetwentiethcentury,Atonementengagesthereaderoneveryconceivablelevel,withaneaseandauthoritythatmarkitasagenuinemasterpiece.

【作者简介】

IanMcEwanisthebestsellingauthorofmorethantenbooks,includingthenovelsTheComfortofStrangersandBlackDogs,bothshortlistedfortheBookerPrize,Amsterdam,winneroftheBookerPrize,andTheChildinTime,winneroftheWhitbreadAward,aswellasthestorycollectionsFirstLove,LastRites,winneroftheSomersetMaughamAward,andInBetweentheSheets.Hehasalsowrittenscreenplays,plays,televisionscripts,achildren’sbook,andthelibrettoforanoratorio.HelivesinLondon.