Atonement | Ian McEwan
Atonement | Ian McEwan
This is an engaging story and so finely written that the reading is both effortless and seductive. After I had finished that is, after drying my eyes and regaining my breath), I was amazed to realize how complex a plot it is considering how smoothly it is told. By far, it is the best book I have read in years.The story starts on a summer day at a large country estate in pre WWII England. For anyone who delights in the heady mix of intelligence, innocence and youthful imagination, the beginning is like eating rich chocolate: 13 year old Briony has written a play the references to Austen, Burney, and family performances within 18th century lore are abundant and perfect to be rehearsed and performed by her unwilling and displaced visiting cousins in order to celebrate her brother's return to home with his sophisticated friend. However, reheasals in the playroom for THE TRIALS OF ARABELLA of course) do not run smoothly: the twins boys do not understand what is expected of...