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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....

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...

(Hebrew: kapparah) The forgiving of sin by God. God offers atonement to those who engage in acts of repentance, a process designated by the Hebrew term “teshuvah,” which means, literally, “return” and refers to the...

Vicarious. Primitive Bsm. knows nothing of vicarious atonement; each must work out his own salvation. We may help each other by thought, word and deed, but cannot bear results or take over consequences of another’s errors or misdeeds. In...

Reconciliation with *God. The relationship between *God and human beings is damaged by *sin and, according to the Hebrew Scriptures, could be restored by *sacrifice (see *Leviticus 5). Because sacrifice was only permitted in the *Jerusalem *Temple,...

Atonement (2001) is a novel by British writer Ian McEwan. It is widely regarded as one of McEwan's best works and was shortlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize for fiction, an award he had already won for his previous novel Amsterdam. In addition, Time...

Ian McEwan began his career in the mid-'70s in Britain with a series of short, sharp shocks. His unimaginably dark, chilling stories and novels (like "Homemade," about a 14-year-old boy who loses his virginity by molesting his 10-year-old sister) make "Lord of the...

Byline: Colin Covert; Staff Writer Time and memory, love and war, imagination and deception, grief and loss knot into brutal snares in "Atonement," a period romance that edges scene by scene into devastating darkness. The story begins at a tranquil Brideshead-style estate...

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...

Second-time director Joe Wright hadn't read Ian McEwan's novel "Atonement" when the project to turn the best-seller into a film came his way. Nor had stars Keira Knightley and James McAvoy.But, together with a cast that also included Vanessa Redgrave and 13-year-old newcomer Saoirse Ronan,...

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.

In the following excerpt, Schwartz praises the engaging fictional world of Atonement, but objects to the novel's concluding postmodern conceit.

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.