Atonement

Atonement is one of my favourite films, and one of my favourite books.

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Lavedrine, the French officer who appeared in Days of Atonement, is back in town by popular request!

Donna Chavez chats with the husband and wife writing team of Michael G Jacob and Daniela De Gregorio who, using the pseudonym Michael Gregorio, coauthor the Hanno Stiffeniis series 2010

Kakutani, Kirsch, Charles, and Nicholson (a British novelist doing his best American impression) et al. bring a severe Puritanical morality to judging McEwan according to the immutable standards he supposedly established in Atonement and Saturday.

Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010

And that comment about Sebastian Faulks was very apt (reminds me of Ian McEwan as well in Atonement).

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American critics want McEwan to return safely to his more Victorian phase of morality in Atonement and Saturday, rather than where he has always felt closer at home, in the Angry Young Man phenomenon of the 1950s.

Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010

Kakutani, Kirsch, Charles, and Nicholson (a British novelist doing his best American impression) et al. bring a severe Puritanical morality to judging McEwan according to the immutable standards he supposedly established in Atonement and Saturday.

Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010

American critics want McEwan to return safely to his more Victorian phase of morality in Atonement and Saturday, rather than where he has always felt closer at home, in the Angry Young Man phenomenon of the 1950s.

Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010

Kakutani, Kirsch, Charles, and Nicholson (a British novelist doing his best American impression) et al. bring a severe Puritanical morality to judging McEwan according to the immutable standards he supposedly established in Atonement and Saturday.

Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010

American critics want McEwan to return safely to his more Victorian phase of morality in Atonement and Saturday, rather than where he has always felt closer at home, in the Angry Young Man phenomenon of the 1950s.

Anis Shivani: Why American Reviewers Disliked Ian McEwan's "Solar": And What That Says About the Cultural Establishment Anis Shivani 2010

Ronan was nominated for an Oscar her work in Atonement, so it makes perfect sense that when Wright needed a teenage girl to fill the role, he looked to re-team with the young actress.

Saoirse Ronan to Re-Team with ATONEMENT Director Joe Wright For HANNA – Collider.com 2010