Atonement

Atonement




« If all we have rests in a few moments in a library
three and a half years ago, then I don't know... I'm not sure...»






This blog will not only introduce you to Atonement, as a novel or as a film,
but it will also show you some reviews, some beautiful images and pictures
and it will finally guide you through the deepest and darkest questions about
this most complexe and captivating Ian McEwan's novel.









ATONEMENT






"In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. Cecilia, he hopes, has comparable feelings; all it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony – who has a crush on Robbie – is compelled to interfere, going so far as accusing Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but he is arrested – and with Briony bearing false witness, the course of three lives is changed forever. Briony continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love."





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Review:

'Ce blog est né de la passion d'une jeune fille pour un livre, pour une histoire d'amour, pour une tragédie. Par dessus tout, elle a identifié, décortiqué et decouvert tous les secrets de l'oeuvre, ensuite elle nous a fait découvrir ce qu'elle en avait compris et m'a fait changé de point de vue et d'avis. Elle a sue me faire aimer et réviser mon anglais et grâce à elle j'ai vécu ce livre et ce film en toute simplicité. Je ne peux pas dire que ce blog est le plus beau par son esthétisme mais je peux dire que c'est le plus beau pour sa générosité et son partage. Deux mots magiques, qui comptent beaucoup.
Ce blog est basé sur l'oeuvre de Ian McEwan Atonement ( Expiation en français ) et sur le film Atonement (Reviens Moi en frnacais )avec James McAvoy et Keira knightley.'

by eternally-british.sky









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# Posté le dimanche 09 décembre 2007 06:56
Modifié le mercredi 17 septembre 2008 16:22

Briony Tallis

Briony Tallis







Briony





Briony Tallis, a self-serious writer-in-training from a rich, idle English family, is all of 13 years old in 1935 when she creates what she doesn't yet know will remain the most important fiction of her career. She witnesses a moment's flirtation between her older sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner. Her vivid imagination leads to a false accusation of Robbie. The story Briony tells ruins lives for decades to come, including her own...





info: here
# Posté le dimanche 09 décembre 2007 07:18
Modifié le lundi 01 septembre 2008 12:15

Cecilia Tallis

Cecilia Tallis


Cee





Cecilia Tallis, studied with Robbie Turner, the son of the Tallis's housekeeper, in Cambridge University. After their return, she is confronted with her feelings towards him. After reading a passionate note from Robbie, she realizes her love for him and they declare their feelings for each other in the library. Briony interrupts their lovemaking, which she interprets as an attack on her sister. After Robbie's false accusation, Cecilia leaves her family, starts working as a nurse and promises to wait for him...











info: here
# Posté le dimanche 09 décembre 2007 07:30
Modifié le lundi 01 septembre 2008 12:13

Robbie Turner

Robbie Turner


Robbie





Robbie Turner studied with Cecilia Tallis at Cambridge University. After returning, they feel apart from each other. While trying to help her water some flowers, they break a vase and pieces fall into the fountain. Cecilia strips to her underwear and jumps into the fountain to retrieve the fragments in front of a startled Robbie. He then realizes his feelings for her and writes her a note. After confronting their feelings in the library and making love in the "clarity of passion", Briony falsily accuses him of a terrible crime and he is therefore taken to jail and then to World War II...







info: here
# Posté le dimanche 09 décembre 2007 07:46
Modifié le lundi 01 septembre 2008 12:12

Review [1]

Review







Review #1:
«A singular achievement -- romantic,
sensuous, intelligent and finally shattering
in its sweep and thematic complexity.»

Wall Street Journal,
Joe Morgenstern












# Posté le dimanche 09 décembre 2007 11:22
Modifié le mercredi 14 mai 2008 12:09