Atonement

Ian McEwan — one of the authors of the «ruling triumvirate» of contemporary British prose. A winner of the Booker Prize. The novel «Atonement» brought the author worldwide fame, and a film of the same name was made based on it, starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. 13-year-old Briony writes stories with naive plots. But soon they will be replaced by a plot from the adult world. Scene No. 1, glimpsed from the window: the older sister undresses in front of neighbor Robbie and dives into the fountain. Ominous Scene No. 2: Robbie holds the sister in a dark corner of the library. Scene No. 3, interrupted by an unexpected appearance: the rape of a cousin. Briony is consumed by this story. A story she misunderstood, and because of which two lives begin to fall apart. The young writer will have only one chance to set everything right.