![]() (…) Atonement (…) is a work of astonishing depth and humanity." - The Economist "It is rare for a critic to feel justified in using the word "masterpiece", but Ian McEwan's new book really deserves to be called one.Atonement is a most impressive book, one that may indeed be McEwan's finest achievement." - Edward T. This novel shows how such seemingly contradictory statements can both be true at once. ![]() (…) The careful structuring of the work calls attention to its artifice and reminds us of two alternate assertions about what art does: Keats's Romantic assurance that artistic beauty is truth and Auden's disclaimer that poetry makes nothing happen.
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