{"product_id":"9781405835619","title":"York Notes on Atonement","description":"Ian McEwan’s symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose.\u003cbr\u003eOn a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment’s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia’s childhood friend. But Briony’s incomplete grasp of adult motives–together with her precocious literary gifts–brings about a crime that will change all their lives. As it follows that crime’s repercussions through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e engages the reader on every conceivable level, with an ease and authority that mark it as a genuine masterpiece.\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Ian McEwan is the bestselling author of more than ten books, including the novels\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Comfort of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBlack Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eboth shortlisted for the Booker Prize, \u003ci\u003eAmsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Booker Prize,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Child in Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Whitbread Award, as well as the story collections \u003ci\u003eFirst Love, Last Rites\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and \u003ci\u003eIn Between the Sheets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has also written screenplays, plays, television scripts, a children’s book, and the libretto for an oratorio. He lives in London.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025481023728,"sku":"9781405835619","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781405835619_p0.jpg?v=1763716438","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781405835619","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}