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McEwan, Ian

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ISBN 10: 0385511809 ISBN 13: 9780385511803

Casa editrice: Nan a Talese, 2005

Riassunto

A successful, happily married neurosurgeon, Henry Perowne is drawn into a confrontation with Baxter, a small-time thug, following a minor motor vehicle accident on the way to his regular squash game, an encounter that has savage consequences when Baxter, believing that the doctor has humiliated him, visits the Perowne home that evening during a family reunion. 400,000 first printing.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

Praise for Ian McEwan's Atonement:

“A beautiful and majestic fictional panorama.” —John Updike, The New Yorker

“Flat-out brilliant . . . Lush, detailed, vibrantly colored and intense.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“A tour de force . . . Every bit as affecting as it is gripping.” –Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

“McEwan is one of the most gifted literary storytellers alive. . . . [Atonement] implants in the memory a living, flaming presence.” —James Wood, The New Republic

L'autore:

Ian McEwan is the author of nine novels, including Amsterdam, for which he won the Booker Prize in 1998, and of Atonement, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, and the WHSmith Literary Award.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Nan a Talese
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0385511809
• ISBN 13: 9780385511803
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 289