A love story, a war story, and a story about stories, and so it hits the heart, the guts and the brain.” - The New York Observer It is, quite simply, magnificent–a masterpiece.” - The Baltimore Sun “A novel of artistry, power and truth that puts it among the most extraordinary works of fiction of the last decade. “Not since the 19th century has a writer stepped in and out of his characters’ minds with such unfettered confidence.” - The Plain Dealer Suspenseful, psychologically astute and intellectually bracing.” - Newsday Never has McEwan shown himself to be more in sympathy with the vulnerability of the human heart.” - Sunday Times (London) “The extraordinary range of Atonement suggests that there’s nothing McEwan can’t do.” - The Christian Science Monitor
McEwan forces his readers to turn the pages with greater dread and anticipation than does perhaps any other ‘literary’ writer working in English today.” -Claire Messud, The Atlantic Monthly Few, if any, novelists writing today match McEwan in ingenuity and plotting.” - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel It will break your heart.” - The Star (Toronto) implants in the memory a living, flaming presence.” -James Wood, The New Republic “McEwan is one of the most gifted literary storytellers alive. A thought-provoking, luxuriant novel.” - Minneapolis Star Tribune “ hauls a defining part of the British literary tradition up to and into the 21st century.” - The Guardian
McEwan creates an absorbing fictional world.” - The Wall Street Journal With psychological insight and a command of sensual and historical detail, Mr.
is something you will never forget.” - Chicago Tribune one of the most remarkable erotic scenes in modern fiction. “McEwan is technically at the height of his powers.” - The New York Review of Books Gloriously realized.” - The Boston Sunday Globe “In the seriousness of its intentions and the dazzle of its language, Atonement made me starry-eyed all over again on behalf of literature’s humanizing possibilities.” -Daphne Merkin, Los Angeles Times “His most complete and passionate book to date.” - The New York Times Book Review “A work of astonishing depth and humanity.” - The Economist McEwan could be the most psychologically astute writer working today, our era’s Jane Austen.” - Esquire “No one now writing fiction in the English language surpasses Ian McEwan.” - The Washington Post Book World Atonement is brilliant and like nothing he’s ever written before.” - Newsweek Every bit as affecting as it is gripping.” -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Lush, detailed, vibrantly colored and intense.” - San Francisco Chronicle “A beautiful and majestic fictional panorama.” -John Updike, The New Yorker
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