This stage version of Ian McEwan’s devastating class novel shows inspiring touches and the cast play adeptly, yet the tale’s emotional sweep feels underpowered Ian McEwan’s novel begins with a play.

Ian McEwan’s Atonement—a modern literary masterpiece—presents a story of star-crossed lovers, familial tensions, and the destructive power of deception, set against the backdrop of a world on the ...

Few novels leave readers reeling long after the final page, not because of what happens, but because of what is revealed. Ian McEwan’s 'Atonement' is one of them. The 2001 novel is a masterpiece of ...

Can a person make up for the harm they have caused? This is the central question of “Atonement,” Ian McEwan’s celebrated 2001 novel turned Oscar-winning film, now turned ballet. “Atonement” opens on ...

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Keira Knightley and James McAvoy also star.