num_pages: 5
description: 'Atonement' is the novel for which Ian McEwan will always be remembered. Enthralling in its depiction of childhood, love and war, class and England, at its centre is a profound and profoundly moving exploration of shame and forgiveness.
language: English
title: Atonement
titlecomplete: Atonement
characters: Jackson Quincey, Pierrot Quincey, Leon Tallis, Paul Marshall, Briony Tallis, Emily Tallis, Cecilia Tallis, Robbie Turner, Lola Quincey
genres: Classics, Historical, Novels, War, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 507734
places: France, United Kingdom, London, England, England
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: WH Smith Literary Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Deutscher Buchpreis (German Book Prize)
category: Internationale Belletristik, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in South Asia and Europe, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers