Expiation

Name: Expiation
Brand: Mcewan, Ian
SKU: AV-9780099429791
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Rating: 3.9 (1310 reviews)

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Le Pitch

Dans l'Angleterre de 1935, la jeune Briony, en proie à des malentendus, va bouleverser tragiquement la vie de sa sœur et de Robbie, le fils de la domestique. Ces événements marqueront le destin des trois protagonistes, les conduisant à se retrouver dans le chaos de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Briony, devenue écrivain, tente d'expiation, son crime de jeunesse. Ian McEwan explore les méandres de la culpabilité, du mensonge et de la rédemption, tout en interrogeant le pouvoir de la création artistique. Afficher moinsAfficher plus

Contenu

4ème de couverture

On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever, as Briony commits a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.Biographie de l'auteurIan McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories,First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels includeThe Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award;The Cement Garden;Enduring Love;Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize;Atonement;Saturday;On Chesil Beach;Solar;Sweet Tooth;The Children Act;Nutshell; andMachines Like Me, which was a number-one bestseller.Atonement,Enduring Love, The Children Act andOn Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.

Mcewan, Ian

Expiation

3.9

(1310)

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Le Pitch

Dans l'Angleterre de 1935, la jeune Briony, en proie à des malentendus, va bouleverser tragiquement la vie de sa sœur et de Robbie, le fils de la domestique. Ces événements marqueront le destin des trois protagonistes, les conduisant à se retrouver dans le chaos de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Briony, devenue écrivain, tente d'expiation, son crime de jeunesse. Ian McEwan explore les méandres de la culpabilité, du mensonge et de la rédemption, tout en interrogeant le pouvoir de la création artistique. Afficher moinsAfficher plus

Détails du livre

Titre complet

Atonement: Discover the modern classic that has sold over two million copies.

Auteur

Editeur

Format

Broché

Publication

09 mars 2005

Pages

384

Taille

19.6 x 13 x 2.6 cm

Poids

300

ISBN-13

9780099429791

Contenu

4ème de couverture

On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever, as Briony commits a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.Biographie de l'auteurIan McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories,First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels includeThe Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award;The Cement Garden;Enduring Love;Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize;Atonement;Saturday;On Chesil Beach;Solar;Sweet Tooth;The Children Act;Nutshell; andMachines Like Me, which was a number-one bestseller.Atonement,Enduring Love, The Children Act andOn Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.