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Atonement by Ian McEwan

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Author Biography

Name: Ian (Russell) McEwan
Variant Name: Ian McEwan, Ian Russell McEwan
Birth Date: June 21, 1948
Nationality: British, English
Gender: Male

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Biography of Ian (Russell) McEwan
5102 words, approx. 17 pages
Ian McEwan first came to public notice in 1975; he was immediately recognized as an important and new voice on the fictional scene. Along with Martin Amis and Julian Barnes, his contemporaries, he is one of the most esteemed novelists of his generation....
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Biography of Ian (Russell) McEwan
3907 words, approx. 13 pages
Ian McEwan is very much a product of the new British universities, those popularly known as "plate-glass universities" to distinguish them from the older "red-brick universities" at which writers such as Kinglsey Amis or Philip Larkin have taught or stil...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Atonement Information
2,058 words, approx. 7 pages
Atonement Atonement cover Author Ian McEwan Country England Language English Publisher Jonathan Cape Publication date 2001 Media type Print ( Hardcover ) Pages 371 pp ISBN ISBN 0224062522 (first edition) Atonement ( 2001 ) is a novel by British...


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AP News
`Atonement' up for British film awards
1/17/2008: 314 words, approx. 1 pages
The tragic period romance "Atonement" dominated the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 14 categories, including best picture, actor, actress and director."No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood" and "The Bourne Ultimatum" also received multiple nods for Britain's equivalent...
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Reuters North American News Service
"Atonement" leads Golden Globe nominations
12/13/2007: 295 words, approx. 1 pages
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) - The World War Two saga "Atonement" earned seven Golden Globe nominations Thursday, including a bid for best film drama, to lead the pack of movies vying for a key Hollywood honor in the widely watched awards season. "Atonement" was...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Review by James Wood
4,309 words, approx. 14 pages
In the following review, Wood commends Atonement as one of McEwan's finest novels, lauding the large scope of the plot and a feeling of “spaciousness” that is in contrast to McEwan's other works which, Wood asserts, have at times seemed “artificial” and contrived.
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Critical Review by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
1,438 words, approx. 5 pages
In the following excerpt, Schwartz praises the engaging fictional world of Atonement, but objects to the novel's concluding postmodern conceit.
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Critical Review by Robert Winder
1,173 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following review, Winder offers a mixed assessment of Atonement, praising McEwan's literary skill but finding the novel's narrative leaps and omissions unsatisfying.


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Atonement by Ian McEwan

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